zaher nourredine Bridges - Church for the Community

About zaher nourredine Bridges - Church for the Community

Bridges is a church committed to leading people into the full experience of God's favor poured out in Jesus Christ. To accomplish this we seek to:Love and serve God, one another, and the community with Jesus Christ.Connect with culture in relevant ways. It doesn't make sense to bind the message and love of Jesus Christ in language, music, and traditions people don't understand. In fact, failing to communicate God's love in a way people can understand is irreverent. Why? Because people matter to God. That's why God sent us Jesus! And because people matter to God people matter to us too. At Bridges we are building a church where people can explore God's love in culturally relevant and understandable ways.Provide practical Bible-based teaching that deals with real life issues. Preaching that doesn't address the challenges, triumphs, and frustrations we face in our modern culture won't draw people into the experience of God's love poured out in Jesus Christ. Opening the Bible in clear and compelling ways helps people make deeper connections with God.Worship in ways that draw people into the presence of God to celebrate who He is and what He's done. As with any celebration, music is an important element of worshiping God. At Bridges we seek to enter God's presence in ways that speak from the heart of the worshiper.Reach out to the community. Bridges' slogan, Church for the Community, reflects our outward focus. Jesus didn't hide cloistered in some building. He spent his time with people in the community. He met people at their point of need and sought to meet it. That's what Bridges is seeking to do. We want to bless the community just like Jesus blessed the people around him. That means getting out into the community. It means finding out where the community has need and meeting it.