Support

None of us can do it alone. We need each other. We need support. Bridges Support Pods are created to encourage and assist Bridge Leaders in ways most relevant to their unique situation.

We share stories from our recent experiences, reflect on what happened, consult related scriptures, seek God’s guidance in prayer, and create next steps for the month ahead.

Consider Joining One of Our Support Pods.

CARE

Research done by Dr. Bobby Clinton concluded that 75% of Christian leaders fail in ministry before retirement.  The primary reasons for failure are abuse of money, power, and sex along with burnout and plateauing.  Bridges aims to do something about this.

Bridges’ services are designed to help leaders thrive in their ministry and throughout life.  We’ve studied the ‘7 leadership lessons’ gathered by Clinton from his findings on successful Christian leaders.  Using these lessons, we ensure our Bridge leaders have a solid financial base for ministry, safe community, support services, a learning posture throughout life, and a healthy habit of spiritual practices for connecting with God.

1. Consultation to help make Care Plan and Build a Network of Care ($10-$100 per session)
2. Call/Visit in Crisis ($10-$100 per session)

MENTORING

1. Marketing Mentoring

• Story Telling Mentoring
• Social Media Mentoring
• Marketing Development Custom Packages

2. Partner Development Mentoring

• Building Your Financial Team Mentoring
• Maintaining Your Financial Team Mentoring
• Board Development
• Partner Development Custom Packages

Our desire is to create a low-cost model of church that releases an abundance of funds for helping people in our communities.  To accomplish this, Bridges encourages multi-vocational patterns of livelihood.  This means that each Bridge Leader may have multiple sources of income.  This includes secular jobs, working spouses, government benefits, inheritances, retirement funds, pension plans, social security income, disability income, investment income, and every imaginable way to make ends meet (within the law).

One income source is called Partnership Development Ministry (PDM).  This means that Bridge Leaders may develop a team of partners who financially invest in their ministry. Bridges provides mentoring in Partnership Development and will teach you how to make your ministry possible through the cultivation of financial partners.

Fund Development Individual Units  ($10 to $100 per month)

1. Mentoring in Pre-Ask Preparation (Vision, Presentation, Mission)
2. Mentoring in Identification and Qualification
3. Mentoring in Cultivation
4. Mentoring in Planning the Ask
5. Mentoring in Asking and Closing
6. Mentoring in Thanking
7. Mentoring in Lifting
8. Mentoring in Reporting
9. Mentoring in Researching
10. Access to Donor Information
11. Access to Donor Wealth Research
12. Training in Research Software
13. Training in CRM Software