The Heart Of The Midtown Bridge
Our Vision
The Midtown Bridge exists to connect people with God through worship, with others through small groups and with the world through service beginning in Atlanta and extending around the world.
Our Mission
B – Bringing the Word of God to the heart of Atlanta by connecting the timeless truths of the Bible with everyday life.
R – Reaching across racial, cultural and socioeconomic borders to share the love of Christ.
I – Intentionally building relationships to serve the community.
D – Discipling people to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.
G – Genuine Biblically driven and culturally sensitive worship.
E – Evangelizing the lost with the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Our Core Values
Prayer
As a church, we believe God wants His place of worship to be a house of prayer. We believe prayer is our greatest work and then God works. We are asking God to birth this church like the New Testament church – out of a prayer meeting.
God’s Word
As a church, we are committed to preaching, teaching and living by the Bible. We believe the truths of God’s Word will make an eternal difference in the lives of the people of midtown Atlanta.
Relationships
As a church, we believe our two greatest responsibilities are to have a loving relationship with God and to have a loving relationship with others. We are committed to growing strong families and establishing growing discipling relationships among our body. We are also committed to establishing relationships with those outside our body.
Global Outreach
As a church, it is our goal to develop an Acts 1:8 strategy that will impact the world by: 1) training believers to share the good news of Jesus Christ, 2) being involved with a church planting movement that will plant hundreds of churches beginning in the United States and reaching around the world, and by 3) partnering with missionaries world-wide for the purpose of resourcing and equipping to fulfill the Great Commission.
Life Change
As a church, it is our goal to equip thousands of people to become ministers by discovering and using their gifts and talents to serve Christ, the people of the Midtown Bridge, midtown Atlanta, and the world.
Excellence
As a church, we believe that excellence honors God and inspires people. Everything we do we should do for the glory of God. Every expression of the church must be done with authenticity, excellence and integrity.
Our Core Beliefs
“I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life.” John 6:47
The Bible
The Bible was written by men who were divinely inspired. It is God’s revelation of Himself to man. It has God as its author, salvation as its end, and truth without error for its matter. It is the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions should be tried. The Bible is alive and relevant to live by today.
God
There is only one living and true God. He is intelligent, spiritual, and personal and is the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe. God is holy and perfect in all aspects. He reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit through His Word, the Bible, and Jesus.
Jesus
Jesus is the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ, he was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. During his life on Earth, Jesus perfectly revealed and did the will of God, living his life fully free of sin. He suffered and was crucified on a cross as redemption for mankind’s sin. Following His death by crucifixion, He was raised from the dead with a glorified body and appeared to His disciples. He ascended into heaven and is now eternally exalted at the right hand of God. He will return in power and glory to judge the world and to consummate His mission to redeem from sin those who believe in Him.
The Holy Spirit
When we accept Jesus as our Savior, He comes to dwell within us through the person of the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit who inspired holy men to write the Scriptures that became the Bible. He enables men to understand God’s truth, convicts of sin, and exalts Jesus.
Heaven and Hell
Heaven and hell are actual places. God’s heaven is perfect, therefore God cannot permit sin into heaven. Those who accept Jesus as their personal Savior are forgiven of their sin, allowing them to have eternal life with God in heaven when they die, or when Christ returns. For those who have not accepted Jesus as Savior, they will stand in judgment for their sin and will be condemned to eternal torment and separation from God in hell.
Mankind
Man was created by the special act of God, in God’s own image, and is the crowning work of His creation. In the beginning man was innocent of sin. By his free choice, man sinned against God and brought sin into the human race. By his nature man is sinful. Only the grace of God can bring man back into a relationship with God. God has made this work possible through the person, life and death of Jesus Christ.
Grace & Salvation
God makes salvation from sin possible solely through His grace. Due to our sinful nature, mankind can do nothing to earn God’s favor or salvation, other than accept Jesus as Savior. By faith, man accepts the free gift of salvation from sin that God has made available through His Son, Jesus. God’s grace is a glorious display of His love for man and the forgiveness He makes possible. Those whom God has accepted in Christ will never fall away from their state of grace and forgiveness.
The Christian Life
When we accept Jesus as our Savior as payment for our sin, His Holy Spirit comes to dwell within us. The Holy Spirit guides us, leads us in seeking and understanding God and His holy will, and comforts us. As Christians, out of devotion and gratitude to Jesus, we are to seek to live a Christ-like life. Jesus came to give believers a more abundant life, both now and eternally in heaven. Our response is to make Him Lord of our lives and to seek to serve Him.
The Church
The church is where a local group of believers come together for the purposes of worshipping God, ministering to the needs of others, seeking to become more like Christ in how we live, growing in fellowship together with other Christians, and seeking to lead others to know and accept Jesus as their Savior and Lord. The church is called Jesus’ body, of which He is the head. As such, we are called to live and treat others as Jesus would.