Pray.
Prepare.
Partner.
A three-year generosity initiative to strengthen our church family, serve our neighbors, and carry the hope of Jesus to the nations.
Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.
Jesus calls His followers to be known by their love. FOR OUR CITIES is our opportunity to put that love into action through prayer, service, sacrifice, and generosity.
A church living generously for others.
Over the next three years, this initiative will unite The Bridge around three focus priorities.
FOR OUR FAMILY.
More room for life change at our campuses.
FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.
More good in action through trusted Do Good partnerships.
FOR THE NATIONS.
More people reached in communities near and far.
At its heart, this initiative is about the kind of people Jesus is forming us to become. People who are known by our love. People who live with open hands. People who are willing to be FOR one another.
A bridge of hope for our cities
The Bridge has always carried a simple mission: inviting everyone to know and follow Jesus. Our communities are growing. Families are searching for hope, belonging, and purpose.
This is a defining moment for our church. Together, we can expand our capacity to welcome people, strengthen families, care for our neighbors, and take the hope of Jesus into places we may never enter on our own.
God has been building The Bridge for this moment.
From our beginnings in Sugar Land, God has grown The Bridge into one church serving Sugar Land, Richmond, Fulshear, and online.
Every campus, ministry, baptism, small group, mission partnership, and story of life change has been made possible by people who believed the mission was worth their prayers, service, and generosity.
They prepared a place for us. Now we prepare a place for those who come after.
Establishing Roots
Roots: the first church The original First Baptist Church of Sugar Land building, with its name visible on the front. It establishes where this story began
A Season of Growth
Growth: the gymnasium years Scott Rambo preaching during the gymnasium era. It represents the season when the growing church gathered in a multipurpose space
Breaking Ground in Sugarland
A new Sugar Land home Groundbreaking for the new Sugar Land campus. This marks the move toward a new home; it shows the start of the project, not the finished building.
The Beginning of Multisite Ministry
The Palladium Theater under construction in Richmond.
Richmond Takes Root
Pastor Kenny at the Palladium Richmond takes root at the Palladium creating a new place for people to gather, grow, and experience hope together.
Laying a Foundation in Richmond
Worship at the Palladium The Richmond community comes together in worship, building relationships and laying the foundation for what’s ahead.
On a Mission to Do Good
Packathon Volunteers come together to pack meals for people facing hunger around the world, putting our mission to DO GOOD into action.
Multiplying in Fulshear
Fulshear Campus Launch launches in the spring of 2026 marking the beginning of a growing ministry in that community
Love becomes visible when we live for others.
FOR OUR CITIES is an invitation to every person who calls The Bridge home.
Live with open hands
Generosity is one of the ways we place our trust in God and reflect His heart to the world.
Move forward together
Every campus, every generation, and every household has a part in what God is doing through The Bridge.
Make a lasting difference
What we do together will create places of hope, strengthen people in difficult seasons, and carry the gospel far beyond our own communities.
Three priorities. One church.
Every project below states its cost plainly. FOR OUR FAMILY, FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, and FOR THE NATIONS each carry their own color through the rest of the page.
Making room for life change.
The Bridge is one church meeting in multiple locations. FOR OUR FAMILY will strengthen each campus and prepare us to invite more people to know and follow Jesus.
A Permanent Home for Richmond
The Richmond Campus currently gathers each Sunday at Travis High School. A permanent home will give this growing church family a place to worship, serve, gather, and welcome the community throughout the week.
Investment
Expanding Our Ministry at Brooks Street
For generations, the Sugar Land Campus has been a place where people have encountered Jesus, found community, and experienced life change. A planned addition will create needed ministry space.
Investment
Strengthening a Growing Campus
The Fulshear Campus is building relationships and sharing the hope of Jesus in a growing community. This investment will provide operational support as the campus develops leaders and serves families.
Investment
Total for our family investment
Helping people feel seen, known, and loved.
Do Good is how The Bridge leads people to go, care, serve, and give. FOR OUR NEIGHBORS will deepen that commitment through two opportunities to offer hope, dignity, and long-term transformation.
A Permanent Place of Hope
A permanent chapel inside the Jester Unit will provide a dedicated setting for worship, prayer, discipleship, and pastoral care. In a place where people can easily feel forgotten, this chapel will become a visible reminder that no life is beyond the reach of God's grace.
Housing and Hope for Single Mothers
Through our partnership with Abigail's Place, we will help provide housing and support for single mothers and their children. This investment will offer stability, dignity, and a stronger path forward for families navigating difficult seasons.
Local partner support
We will continue to support our local partnerships and activities as we support these additional projects locally. ongoing 3 year support
Our three-year commitment keeps our existing partnerships strong as we expand our support to new projects.
Total for our neighbors investment
Carrying the hope of Jesus farther.
God's heart reaches beyond every border, language, and barrier. FOR THE NATIONS will invest in trusted ministries that are sharing the gospel and equipping local leaders around the world.
Church Planting in India & sri lanka
We will help local leaders establish and strengthen churches that can share the gospel, disciple believers, and serve their communities.
Bible Translation in Peru
We will help an unreached people group encounter Scripture in a language they can understand, opening the door for generations to know and follow Jesus.
Pando Prison Ministry
Through Pando's secure digital platform, biblical teaching and gospel-centered content can reach people inside correctional facilities where regular in-person access is limited.
Our three-year commitment keeps our existing partnerships strong as we expand our support to new projects.
Total for the nations investment
For 13 years, our Richmond family has faithfully gathered, served and reached people without a permanent place to call home. Through theaters, schools, changing venues and countless Sundays of setting up and tearing down, God has continued to make it clear: we are here for Richmond.
Through FOR OUR CITIES, we will establish a permanent Richmond Campus, creating a visible and lasting home for ministry in the community we love. The new campus will include a worship center, dedicated environments for kids and families, space for groups and community, and an outdoor baptistry that celebrates the story God is already writing through this campus.
This is about more than having our own building. It is about putting down roots, creating room for more people to encounter Jesus, and establishing a place that can serve Richmond for generations to come.
Thirteen years of faithfulness. A permanent home for what God does next.
For decades, the Sugar Land Campus has been a place where families have found community, children have discovered Jesus, and generations have grown in their faith. As more people walk through our doors, we have an opportunity to make our campus even more welcoming and create room for what God is doing next.
Through FOR OUR CITIES, we will expand and improve the Sugar Land Campus with a new, more visible entrance and Welcome Center, an improved family check-in experience, additional space for groups and ministry, and a safer, more welcoming environment throughout the week.
This addition is about more than improving a building. It is about creating an environment that says to every person who walks through our doors: we’ve been waiting for you.
The Fulshear Campus began with a handful of families who believed God was calling The Bridge to reach this growing community. They prayed, gave, served and helped create a place where people could encounter Jesus. In just the first six months, 20 people were baptized, and a new church family began taking shape.
Through FOR OUR CITIES, we will invest in the Fulshear Campus over the next three years, providing the resources needed for ministry, facilities and continued growth. This investment will give the campus the runway to focus on reaching people, developing leaders, discipling families and becoming firmly established in the community.
We have already seen what God can do through a few families willing to say yes. Now, together, we can give Fulshear room to grow and reach even more people with the hope of Jesus.
Six months is only the beginning. Imagine what God could do in three years.
Total project investment
FOR OUR FAMILY
FOR OUR NEIGHBORS
FOR THE NATIONS
God has already provided a strong foundation.
The Bridge enters FOR OUR CITIES with approximately $8.6 million in cash positioned toward this work. Generosity through the initiative will help fund the remaining investment, reduce long-term borrowing, and allow projects to move forward with wisdom.
What is God asking you to do?
Pastor Kenny gave us an example prayer at our Vision Night that simply says "God what do you want me to release for our cities to know and follow you?"
Pray.
Prepare.
Partner.
Pray
Ask God what He wants to do in you and through you during FOR OUR CITIES. Pray for unity across our campuses. Pray for every person who will be reached. Pray for the families, neighbors, and nations that will experience the hope of Jesus through this work.
Prepare
Talk and pray with your family. Consider how God may be inviting you to live with greater trust and generosity. Make a plan for how you can give over the next three years, above and beyond your regular giving to The Bridge.
Partner
FOR OUR CITIES is a journey we will take together. Every campus matters. Every generation matters. Every commitment matters. When each of us brings what God has placed in our hands, we can accomplish far more together than any of us could accomplish alone.
nov 15, 2026
On Response Sunday, our church family will bring our three-year commitments to FOR OUR CITIES. Come ready to worship, celebrate, and take the next step God has placed before you.
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See what God is doing.
Follow the progress of FOR OUR CITIES through stories of life change, project updates, messages, devotionals, and reports from our ministry partners.
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