Church Under the Bridge : Waco, TX

Church Under the Bridge attempts to avoid denominational, cultural, economic, or racial distinctions. We are a multi-cultural church committed to the Lordship of Jesus Christ and the unity of His Spirit. We welcome folks from wide and diverse backgrounds to love God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit with all their heart, soul, and mind, and to love their neighbors as themselves.

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May 18-20, 2012 : Galveston Mission Trip
CUB will return to Galveston on May 18-20 to serve with Galveston Urban Ministries. Cost is $50. A $10 deposit and application will hold your place. Limited to 50 adults.
Applications: .docx .pdf

Join us in our Sunday service at 11:00am. We meet under I-35 and 4th Street. Meals are served at 10:30am. May we come together, black, white, brown, rich and poor, educated in the streets and in the university, all worshipping the living God, who makes us one.

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Drivers Needed!
Will you consider driving our CUB folks or the Trailers for Church?
If so, please see office coordinator!

MEN'S STUDY

Saturday Morning, 8:30a, 521 N. 15th St

RECOVERY GROUP meets each Sunday under the bridge at 9:45.

"Dead Church Walking: Giving Life to the Church That is Dying to Survive"
Author: Jimmy Dorrell

Most everyone recognizes that the traditional Western way of doing church is in deep trouble and has been struggling for years to survive. While the successful rise of some new, non-traditional churches often take the sting out of the demise of the average church, the truth is that God still can renew congregations that have a rich history but are struggling to adjust in today's postmodern culture.

In Dead Church Walking: Giving Life to the Church that is Dying to Live, Jimmy Dorrell offers both Biblical and social principles with clear suggestions for congregations willing to significantly change to become a body of believers that proclaims God's kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.

While there are no easy fixes, this book addresses underlying symptoms of broken models that often perpetuate terminal illness stopping the church from doing God's work on earth. Dorrell says our churches don't need new missions statements or re-structuring but a fresh wind of God's spirit. We don't need charismatic leaders but compassionate, Christ centered leaders. He shows us how to embrace change, overcome the obstacles to change, and focus on kingdom growth instead of church growth. This book is hopeful and encouraging, bringing fresh ideas to ignite the fire of churches and put them on the road to recovery.

"What I Keep"
Author: Susan Mulally

In What I Keep Susan Mullally presents an unforgettable photographic study of twenty-first century poverty -- one that transcends class and race, profession and talent. A compassionate visual survey, these portraits capture the individuals who gather on Sunday mornings at a nondenominational, multicultural church that has been meeting below an Interstate overpass for sixteen years. Yet from the homeless carpenter with four college degrees and the children's counselor to a former state tennis champion and a mayoral candidate, the portraits that fill the pages of this book display their subjects with dignity and respect.

"Trolls & Truth"
Author: Jimmy Dorrell

Trolls & Truth is the story of a local church of homeless people; college students; middle-class Christians; some poor and some rich; black, white, and brown; drunks; materialists; mentally ill; and former inmates who meet beneath the noise of 18-wheelers and rushing traffic under an interstate bridge in Waco, Texas. As they live out biblical mandates across cultural barriers and institutional baggage, they remind us that the gospel cannot be shaped by socially accepted values and remain "good news."