Bradford Update

The Bridge Team welcomes a 20-something new member who is preparing to join The Bridge Team in spring 2010. Heather Simon is from Iron Ridge, Wisconsin, near Milwaukee. She has often been described as a ‘jane-of-all-trades’ who lives by 1 Corinthians 9.19-23 with a focus on “being all things to all people for the sake of [...]

Amber Glenn, an almost-20-year-old from Noblesville, Indiana, will soon make the move to the western suburbs of Paris to join a growing team of people starting The Bridge, an international church and ministry center which seems to be finding its center in St.-Germain-en-Laye, a western suburb of the French capital.  Amber comes from Calvary Temple [...]

Todd and Amanda Tyson arrived with their three children last week in Paris from Indianapolis.  Since arriving, they have been busy searching for housing near the south side of Paris close to the French language school they will attend full-time over the next year.  Todd and Amanda bring a LOT of experience to The Bridge, [...]

We are thrilled to announce the addition of Jeff and Kathy Slaughter to The Bridge Team.  They have served in Europe for 11 years, most recently as Worship and Creative Arts Pastor of Christian Center in Brussels, Belgium. The Slaughter’s desire to see worship leaders and team members trained in service to the church. To [...]

The Bridge Team just grew five people stronger, as Nigel and Esther Wiggins, along with their children Abigail, Rebekah, and Sara, have made the decision to move this summer to Paris to be a part of The Bridge Team.  The Bradford family first got to know this Welsh family when they moved to the Netherlands [...]

  HERE IT IS!  A new video featuring members of The Bridge Team and focusing on the concept of The Bridge as a whole.  The Bridge is an international church coming to Paris in 2010, while the team will move there later this year.  Enjoy!  Another video will soon be released on The Bridge’s website, [...]

Kelly Delp plans to move to Paris, France to be a part of The Bridge launch team in January 2010.  Kelly is currently a student at Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis working feverishly toward her degree in Secondary English Education. Before returning to school, she worked full time at Lakeview Churchdoing graphic design, marketing, and video production. Kelly [...]

Jeroen and Maaike Kemperman come from Hilversum International Christian Center (HICC), the church planted by The Bradford family, along with a team of 10 others in 2006 in Hilversum, a town near Amsterdam, The Netherlands. They will move to Paris in May 2008 due to a promotion and transfer with Jeroen’s job. Jeroen will start work [...]

Katie Bailey is no stranger to life and church planting in Europe.  For the past two years, she has lived in Hilversum, about 12 miles drive from the Amsterdam city limits.  In the summer of 2009, Katie plans to join The Bridge team for a minimum of three years, spending her initial year of residence [...]

Wow! More amazing news for the development of The Bridge, an exciting new community for the 500,000 English-speaking internationals living in the Paris region!  Jason and Celeste Brown, along with 11-month-old Javan, will be moving to France in the summer of 2009 for a minimum three year commitment! Jason and Celeste are both ordained ministers, and [...]