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Our Missionthe Bridge exists to lead people to a life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ. Our dream is for everyone in the world to learn the truth about Christ from someone they know and trust. Our Focus
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Who we are...
The Bridge is a church that follows the basic faith of Christianity. (See our statements of belief below) We are neither charismatic nor traditional. We believe that a relationship with Jesus Christ should enhance our ability to relate to the world around us.
We are a non-denominational fellowship affiliated with the Independent Christian Churches. It was pioneered in 1992 when the Northern California Evangelistic Association (now known nationally as Stadia) called Pastor Flint Christensen and his family to the community. Pastor Flint holds a Masters of Arts in Ministry from Pacific Christian College.
We are a fellowship that was begun with the dream of reaching people who didn't already have an active faith in Christ. We "Bridge the Gap" so people can come as they are, but grow to be the men and women that God wants them to be. The leaders today are some of the first people that came to the Bridge and discovered the truth about Jesus.
Contact Information
- Telephone
707 747-5522 / fax = 707 747-5532 -
- Office Location
4728 E 2nd St. #19 (Industrial park, 1 mile past Rose Drive intersection) -
- Postal
address
PO Box 1635 / Benicia, CA 94510 -
- Electronic mail
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General Information: info@eastgatechurch.com
Youth & Children's Minister:
amy@eastgatechurch.com
Adults' Minister:
murf@eastgatechurch.com
Director of Worship:
jennifer@eastgatechurch.com
Director of Sunday Services:
greg@eastgatechurch.com
Pastor:
flint@eastgatechurch.com
Beliefs
God
We believe that God is the eternal Creator
of the Universe. We believe that He created mankind for the purpose of having
fellowship (a loving relationship) with us. We believe that He is a perfect,
holy and just God. We believe that He sent His Son Jesus to the world so that we
might be reconciled to Him.
Jesus Christ
We believe that Jesus is the Messiah
prophesied in the Old Testament, the eternal Son of God, our Savior that lived a
sinless life, was killed as an atoning sacrifice for the sins of mankind, was
buried, was resurrected by God, is alive today and forever, is carrying out His
mission still through His body the church, and will someday return to take His
church to paradise in heaven. We believe that salvation is available ONLY
through the covenant offered by Jesus Christ.
Bible
We believe that the Holy Bible is the
divinely inspired Word of God. We believe that it is the only official source of
Christian doctrine. We believe that it contains both gospel (eternal commands)
and cultural applications of principles that should be adapted to fit each
culture and generation. We believe that Biblical commands relating to the Death,
Burial and Resurrection of Jesus Christ are eternal gospel commands. Examples
include: baptism, meeting on the Lords Day (Sunday worship service), the Lords
supper (Communion).
Church
We believe that God has ordained the local
church body to carry out His mission of reconciling the world back to Him in
Christ. We believe that the church is Christs physical presence (His body) on
the earth as Christ is in heaven now. We believe that our purpose
is to 1) reconcile the lost world to God in Jesus and 2) to mature the
individual members of the church to Christlikeness.
Holy Spirit
We believe that God has given the Holy
Spirit to empower Jesus' disciples to obediently perform His ministry. We
believe that the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for a Christian individual
as well as a church. We recognize that a very broad difference of opinion
exists as to the works of the Holy Spirit in today's church. To avoid
confusion, we share here that The Bridge would not be considered a
"pentecostal" church.
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