Bradford Update

We are thrilled to announce the addition of two more adult members of The Bridge Team.  Married for two years, Davy and Tara Rudolph live in Bargersville, Indiana with their son Clive Sufjan. Both share a deep love for music and sense a call the adventure that starting The Bridge will be. Tara is an [...]

Married for a little more than a year, Nathan and Katie Belt of Kokomo, Indiana have announced their plans to join The Bridge in the fall of 2009.  The Belt’s are a part of Carmel Assembly of God in Carmel, Indiana where Nathan leads youth ministry and Katie leads worship.
For some time, Nathan and Katie [...]

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 Jason [...]

Stephen and Ellie Courtney, along with their daughter, Natalie (2), are the latest family to join the team to launch The Bridge, an international church and ministry center to be located in the western and southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. The Courtneys bring with them a rich preparation and experience for Christian ministry. [...]

Josh and Sarah Isenhart, along with their two girls, Abigail (7) and Kaylee (6), are the latest people to make public their plans to join the growing group of people planning on moving to Paris in 2009.  Josh and Sarah come from Lakeview Church (www.lakeviewchurch.org), the same congregation that is sending Robby and Tracy Bradford and [...]

Mark Birch, (pictured here) of Springfield, Illinois, received word yesterday that he will be joining The Bridge Team in the fall of 2009.  With Mark Birch, The Bridge team has now grown to seven adults. 
Mark is sent from a dynamic church in Springfield, Illinois called Calvary Temple Christian Center that can be accessed on the web [...]

Mark and Tania Wolf received word this past Friday from the Assemblies of God that they are now approved to begin raising support to be part of the inital team that will begin to arrive in Paris in the summer of 2009.  Mark and Tania attend Christian Life Fellowship in Mayville, Wisconsin, a community located [...]