About Us

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The mission of The Bridge Fellowship is to nurture disciples of Jesus and to build spiritual bridges with future generations by sharing Christ’s love through empathy, compassion and by extending a helping hand.

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​Pastor Bobs Spiritual History

The Church has always been a part of my life. I was baptized as an infant. Church was where my family went on Sunday because “good people go to church”. During my teen years, it was where my friends were. While in college, I had a “born again” experience. My chaplain taught me that “serving God meant serving others.” So, my faith led me to be in service to my community. I was deeply involved with Boy Scouting for ten plus years, and I also taught special need kids for six years. I would like to say that my faith in Jesus grew deeply during this time but I cannot. Looking back, I can see that our relationship with Jesus must grow as we are in service to Him. It is a both/and journey.
My first real crisis happened when I went through a divorce. After that, church became much more important to me. Eventually, I moved to San Antonio, Texas as salesman for fund raising products. Again, my vocational path allowed me to help other people who were working to make their world a better place. In time, both my daughters came to live with me. While it was a challenging time, it was a time of much promise. I remember thinking that raising my daughters as a single parent may be the most important thing that I do in life.
The second major crisis came about six years later when the family-owned company that I worked for was bought out by one of the world’s largest corporations. Their business philosophy was radically different. Nearly all of us on the sales side lost nearly everything we had worked to build. It was a life-changing experience for me and my daughters that took me about three years to put the basic pieces of life back together.
The first important step towards healing and spiritual change was when I quit drinking. The second change happened when I attended a religious retreat called Walk to Emmaus. It was there that I “met Jesus.” Looking back, it was there that I surrendered to the spiritual “power greater than myself.” It was a transforming experience that I am still living into.
After twelve years of being single at mid-life, I remarried. Neither one of us thought we would remarry. In time, I experienced a call to the ministry. My first day in a seminary classroom was my 50th birthday. I have come to believe that faith is not a destination but a journey.
​I was taught that you must believe that Jesus is Lord, and when your body dies, your spirit goes to heaven. But, I have come to believe that faith is a spiritual journey in which our relationship with God, through the teachings of Jesus, leads us to become citizens of the Kingdom of God. I believe that heaven begins on this side of the grave. In short, I am a committed follower of Jesus. Jesus invites each of us to “Come follow me.” Will you join me on the journey?

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