The Bridge Bible Church: Bakersfield, CA
Missions Team

The Bridge Missions Team is a group of lay volunteers from The Bridge who share a passion for reaching out from our church through the sending/supporting of long and short term missionaries, ministries, projects, both locally and globally. The team meets regularly and actively seeks to educate The Bridge body on the work being supported, and encourage active involvement in Missions. The team serves a vital role in assessing support requests and making recommendations to the elders/pastors.
Team Leader: Bob Barton Rabbarton@hotmail.com
Pastoral Liaison: Eric Simpson Eric@thebridgebiblechurch.com
Elder Liaison: Darrin Heibert Darrin.k.hiebert@wellsfargo.com
Current Team Members: Jacque Othart, Jackie Shipman, Bett Behrens, Ryan Murphy, Duane Calkins, Doug Carter, Lawrence King, Johanna Sherley and Nic Othart
Missions Team Responsibilities:
- Attend team meeting once per month
- Act as a liaison for at least one permament missionary/ministry and the church/small groups assigned to that missionary/ministry
- Assist in the annual Bridge to Hope event
- Assist in the annual Celebration service
- Participate as necessary in interviews and assessments of missions candidates
- Support as able the various Bridge Missions projects and consider going on short term missions
- Encourage others to support missions
- Assist in publicizing Missions opportunities/activities to the rest of the church body
- Keep all our Missions in your prayers
- Commit to at least 1 year of service
Back to the Missions Page.