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The best way to describe the growth of The Bridge Community Church is "it's a God thing." Since the church opened its doors in the fall of 2000, God has been actively involved in growing a church that reaches out to thousands of people in Indiana and in the country of India.
The Bridge is a purpose driven church, designed around the five purposes given by Jesus in the Great Commandment and the Great Commission. The core group of couples who started the church were trained by Dr. Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Church and The Purpose Driven Life. The core group recruited and organized a committed group of families who were determined to plant a church that reached the people of the area who were not attending church. This young church began meeting in a gymnasium at the Adams Central School in Monroe, IN. The founding pastor, Mo Hodge, immediately began to focus the mission of the church on reaching out to the unchurched community.
The church moved into the former K-Mart building in Decatur, IN in December of 2002. The building was extensively renovated into a modern, state-of-the-art ministries center. The 40,000 sq. ft. facility contains a Worship Center designed for excellent sound and video projection, a large high-tech Student Ministries area for middle and high school students, an extensive suite of classrooms and an auditorium for children, and a large Recreation area for sports ministries.
The Bridge is a multi-site church with campuses in Decatur, Anderson, and Muncie, IN and an international campus in Bihar, India.
It’s a God Thing