Put simply, we are asking you to live generously and sacrificially for the sake of the gospel and the sake of the world. We know that this will require 100% of our church joyfully giving of their time to invest in God’s people and their treasure to invest in God’s kingdom. Not everyone will be called to give the same, but we believe all are called to live sacrificially and be a part of how God is moving in our church and communities.

Pray how God would have you participate over the next three years. Then, on Commitment Sunday, join us with your gift and continue to pray that the seeds planted that day would lead to great fruit (John 12:24).

Since 2022, we have seen God sharpening and refining this vision among our elders, leadership, and staff and creating incredible unity and alignment. We want to be proactive, prayerful, and obedient when God is prompting and moving in big ways and small. We are excited to begin this new vision as a church as we round the corner into the next 20 years of The Bridge’s story, and Every Table is increasingly evident as the direction God’s leading in.

As a church, we exist to be with Jesus and become like Him for the sake of the world, and that’s our purpose and calling. When we prioritize intimacy with Jesus, identity in Jesus, and purpose for Jesus, He invites us into unique work for His glory. We believe that the “work of ministry” is for all of us, not just a select few (Ephesians 4:11-13). For The Bridge, that unique work is to bring the gospel to every table—to see 20,000 people following Jesus and being baptized and 20 churches planted. Our mission is our “what we do,” and our vision is “where we’re going.”

You are our strategy.

The table is our method.

The gospel is our goal.

Many churches dream of being planted in a fast-growing area with so much potential for outreach, and by God’s grace, we are there. Maury County is the fastest growing county in the state of Tennessee, and we have the unique gift of having two campuses in the heart of where God is bringing new people daily. Our Spring Hill campus needs upgrades to facilitate the exponential growth of our city, and Columbia needs a permanent space for us to put a stake in the ground of a city we’re seeing God move in daily. The buildings exist to be the training grounds for everyday missionaries to move beyond the building and bring the gospel to every table we gather around.

In Spring Hill, construction in our Bridge Kids spaces and the build-out of our Volunteer Central, meeting rooms, and other family gathering spaces will begin in Fall 2024. In Columbia, we also hope to see construction start by Fall 2024. Both projects will begin as early as possible with cash flow from commitments, so that we are stewarding the funds wisely and not incurring any new debt.

The hope for this vision of bringing the gospel to every table is that it’s not an end goal for our church, but a lifelong piece of our identities. With that, there are two ways we can measure progress or track metrics—by tracking indicators or by witnessing evidence. We could have people run reports and track stats of what everyone is doing, but better than that would be to see the evidence of people living this vision out. We’ll constantly be asking, “Are we seeing evidence of life change?” Those numbers will be reflected in things like Bridge Groups sharing stories of the table being leveraged for discipleship, people taking next steps in their faith through baptism, or increasing numbers of kids and students engaged in our church.