Board of Elders

Throughout the New Testament, principles of church leadership point to a central theme: plurality. We believe our church is best led with multiple leaders and good systems of accountability.

Our Elder Board is comprised of both volunteers and staff executive-level pastors who provide spiritual oversight, leadership, and shepherding for the church. They entrust the implementation and execution of that leadership to ministry leaders and staff, under the direction and oversight of the Executive Team. This system of organizational leadership allows the Elders to focus their gifts and time on their biblical mandate to lead and shepherd the church, while allowing ministry leaders (staff) to lead the ministries and make practical decisions on how to implement and carry out the church’s mission.

BridgePoint's Elders are appointed by unanimous consensus of the current Board and serve according to the role of an Elder laid out in Scripture and affirmed in our church bylaws. Read our Elder qualifications and more info here.

The Elder Board is composed of both non-staff elders who are not paid by the church and staff elders who are paid by the church. The Church's bylaws prescribe the Board have a minimum of five non-staff elders.  Staff elders are voting members appointed by the Elder Board who meet the qualifications for elder and serve on the Executive Team. The maximum number of elders is determined by the Elder Board according to need and the availability of qualified individuals. Non-staff elders are expected to serve in the capacity of elder for a minimum of three years, but no more than eight years before rotating off the Elder Board. Staff elders are expected to serve in the capacity of elder for the duration of their appointment to the Executive Team.

Special Committees help to serve the spiritual, administrative, legal, and financial needs of the Church. Committee members are comprised of men and women who are members of the church and are qualified in an area of expertise or experience relevant to the committee's work. The current committees are:

• Spiritual
• Stewardship & Finance
• Administrative & HR
• Legal

If you have questions or input for one of these committees, use the Contact form below.

If you are new to BridgePoint, we invite you to attend an upcoming Starting Point Class. We want you to take time to get to know BridgePoint and learn how we are fulfilling our mission of helping people, all people, get closer to God.