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missionsmapIEvery February, The Bridge looks beyond itself to bring redemptive change to our world. Each year we choose a missions project that will bring Kingdom change in obedience to the Great Commission of Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:18-20). To date these projects have raised over $1,000,000 and affected over 20 countries around the globe. The following are the past projects the church has supported:



2009: Building on the Cornerstone: Haiti
$133,000 was raised for a new church building in San Raphael, economic development in rural Haiti, and to finish as orphanage in Pignon.

2008: A Nation at our Doorstep

$125,000 raised for the El Puente Church plant. Reaching the local Spanish-speaking community in Fresno.

2007: Building a Bridge to Rwanda
$94,000 was raised for Wellspring Academy (K-6 Christian school) to build a learning resource center with library and computer labs, a sports facility and playground.

2006: China…A Billion Reasons
$84,894 was raised for the Red River Grill in Central China, to provide training for two Chinese leaders in the church and for campus ministry outreach to young people.

2005: Passing the Truth On...& On
$73,645 was raised to support the Latin American Training Network (LATN) of the Evangelical Free Church Missions.

2004: The Persecuted Church
$85,421 was raised for the Persecuted Church, specifically for Indonesia, Vietnam and Sudan.

2003: Teach & Train to Serve in Russia
$75,050 was raised to 1) teach students in spiritual leadership at St. Petersburg Christian University and 2) train Christian camping leadership.

2002: By All Means… Win Some in Cuba!
$72,109 was raised for Cuba through AWANA and Haggai Institute.

2001: Building with Love in Fresno
$84,469 was raised to purchase a Samaritan Woman TLF Home for women released from prison.

2000: Yet to Know Through Radio
$59,173 was raised to purchase equipment and an upgraded radio station in Suriname.

1999: Increasing the Flock
$44,471 was raised to complete the Bubbling Springs Multipurpose Complex in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

1998: Impact Our World
$38, 302 was raised to impact four areas of the world through evangelism: Italy and Europe through a CD by Scott Hansen; France through the Greenhouse Bookstore and Café; El Salvador through a sports field court; Fresno through training and outreach.

1997: Break the Ground
$34,784 was raised for church planting among Muslim Waja people from Central Nigeria.

1996: The Unreached Are Reachable in Kazakhstan
$31,114 was raised for a Training Center in Almaty to train Christian nationals.

1995: Proclaiming The Risen Son
$30,500 was raised to send Andy and Lorna Gilbert to Fukuoka, Japan where they helped plant an Evangelical Free Church.

1994: Carry The Light to India, Russia, El Salvador & Hong Kong
$26, 107 was raised to: 1) train six Indian church planters 2) send Mark & Julie Morgenstern to Ukraine as career missionaries of the Evangelical Free Church mission 3) send 28 short-termers primarily to El Salvador and Hong Kong.

1993: The Harvest Emerges… Send Reapers
$26,636 was raised for outgoing expenses for two Evangelical Free Church missionary families: the Rhodes family going to Romania and the David family going to Spain.

1992: Bill Glass Ministries Prison Weekend
$21,663 was raised to support a Bill Glass "Weekend of Champions" ministry.

1991: Radio Broadcasting Begins in Georgia
$24,062 was raised to provide funds for a year of broadcasts to continue in Georgia, a southern republic of the former Soviet Union

1990: Christian Chinese Leaders Trained
$24,847 was raised to allow two Chinese Christian leaders to attend the Haggai Institute Evangelism Training in Singapore.

1989: Reaching a New Language Group Through Radio
$17,109 was raised to develop a short-wave radio ministry in, a southern republic of the former Soviet Union.

1988: Hmong Translation of the Jesus Film
$12,874 was raised to translate the "Jesus" film into the Hmong language with the help of the Hmong Alliance Church of Fresno

1987: Hansen's Outgoing Expense
$10,000 was raised to underwrite the moving and travel expenses of Scott & Michelle Hansen to begin ministry in Italy.