About LifeBridge
LifeBridge Exists to revive, unify, and mobilize the global church to reach the harvest. We are an evangelistic equipping ministry that partners and serves the body of Christ stateside and abroad. We are a relational ministry passionate about mobilizing the church to reach their world.
HOW?
We do this through our relational partnerships. The Lord has blessed this ministry with rich relationships with leaders from around the world. Our commitment to building long-term relational bridges with Indigenous pastors and leaders has been instrumental in advancing the gospel in various cities and nations since our inception in 2017. Our stateside ministry also thrives on relational partnerships. We deeply value our friendships with pastors and leaders from different churches and denominations, as they are the reason for our success.
STRATEGY
We are involved in leadership in various capacities, ranging from our local church to local church networks. Our strategy is to encourage and empower leaders and believers worldwide through one-on-one discipleship, leadership conferences, evangelism training, and any other means necessary to advance the gospel. We serve the global church by providing a variety of resources, leadership education scholarships, weekly radio broadcasts in Uganda and Kenya, leadership training, and evangelism outreaches.
Leadership
BRINSONBARKER
Brinson grew up in Valdosta, GA, playing football for the Valdosta Wildcats and winning national and state titles. He surrendered his life to Christ at seventeen and was called to ministry four years later. After graduating from Bible School, he returned to Valdosta, where he fell in love with Lori. They married in 2000 and have three amazing sons, Elijah, Asher, and Seth. We also have a new daughter, Abigail, through our son Eliijah's marriage.
Brinson has been serving in ministry full-time since 2000. He worked on church staff for ten years in various capacities and leadership roles. The passion for the local church is central to all he does. For the last 12 years, he has given himself to evangelism, unifying the church, and mobilizing pastors and leaders worldwide. He has led and coordinated evangelism training workshops, mission teams, conferences, and ministry training schools in the local church. He and his family served three years as missionaries in Guatemala with Living Water International and for over a year as missionaries doing inner-city missions.
Brinson founded LifeBridge Missions with his wife Lori in 2017. He is passionate about building relational bridges across racial, cultural, and denominational lines in the body of Christ. His love for Jesus and people is contagious. His heart to revive, unify, and mobilize the global church to reach the harvest has taken him to 18 nations on five continents. He is also the president of Christian Leaders and Ministers Network, a local Christian Network in Valdosta driven to unify Christian Leaders through the body of Christ (www.clmnvaldosta.org). He also serves as an Elder at New Covenant, his home church (www.nccvaldosta.org), and on the board of CAM Leadership Network (www.camleadership.net).
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Accountability
We have relational accountability with CAM Leadership Network and New Covenant Church Valdosta under the leadership of Senior Leader Mike Wells. He receives counsel from the elders of New Covenant, Leadership of CAM, Pastor LA Joiner, and the LifeBridge Missions Board.
Foundational Scriptures
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.
Isaiah 61:1-4
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Then Jesus said to them, “So wherever you go in the world, tell everyone the Good News.
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Mark 16:15
Statement of Faith
We believe…
...In one God, revealed in three Persons; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Our God, holy and omnipotent, desires relationship with men, women, boys and girls everywhere. (Matthew 3:16-17 & 23-29; John 17)
…That the Holy Bible is divinely inspired, both the Old and the New Testaments. God’s Word is one of the main ways He communicates with His children, reveals Himself and shows His ways. (2 Timothy 3:16-17; Hebrews 4:12; I Peter 1:23-25; 2 Peter 1:19-21)
...That Man, in his natural state, is a sinner, lost, undone, without hope, and without God. We also believe that man can be forgiven and know God through Jesus Christ. (Romans 3:19-23; Galatians 3:22; Ephesians 2:1, 2, 12)
...In the Divinity and Humanity of Jesus Christ; that Jesus Christ of Nazareth is God come in the flesh, and that He is both divine and human. He came, died on the cross and rose from the dead that we might be restored to a relationship with God. He did all of this so that we might live out God’s destiny and plan for our lives. (Luke 1:26-38, John 14:1-3, Acts 2:36-3:14, Philippians 2:5-12, Hebrews 1:3-15)
...In the Blood Atonement; that the blood of Jesus Christ has the power to save, and His righteousness is given (or imputed) to all who believe in Him. There is no sin too great that His blood is not sufficient to cleanse and forgive. (Acts 4:12, Romans 4:1-9 & 5:1-11; Ephesians 1:3-15)
...In the Bodily Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus Christ; that Jesus Christ died, was buried, and was resurrected, then ascended to the Father and is presently seated at the right hand of the Father, making intercession for us. (Luke 24:39-42; John 20:24-29; John 14:1-6; Romans 8:34)
...In the Second Coming, the visible, bodily return of Jesus Christ to this earth to gather His Church (His Bride) and judge the world. (Acts 1:10-11; I Thessalonians 4:13-18, 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; James 5:8; Revelation 1:7)
...In Salvation. We believe that the terms of salvation are repentance toward God for sin and a personal, heartfelt faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, resulting in the regeneration (new birth) of a person. Good works are not a condition of salvation; rather, they are the fruit of salvation. This salvation is entirely by grace of our Lord and not by any good thing we do. Salvation is a love gift from God, whose love is unconditional. (Acts 3:19-20; Romans 4:1-5 & 5:1; Ephesians 2:8-10)
...In the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit’s purposes in redeeming man are: to convict him of sin, to regenerate (give new birth to) the repentant believer, to guide the believer in understanding the Holy Scriptures, and to indwell and give gifts to believers as He wills, that they may minister as Christ would. (Luke 11:13; John 7:37-39; 14:16-17; Acts 2:39-48; Matthew 3:11; Acts 1:4,5,8; Acts 10:44-47)
...In Heaven and Hell. The Holy Scriptures clearly set forth the doctrines of eternal punishment for the lost and eternal bliss and salvation for the saved – Hell for the unsaved and Heaven for the saved. The Bible says that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. That means anyone! (Matthew 25:34, 41, 46; Luke 16:19-31; John 14:1-3; Revelation 20:11-15)
…In the Local Church. We believe that the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is a Local Expression of a Body of Believers who have been baptized in the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit; who are under recognized, delegate authorities; and who assemble to worship, carry forth the Great Commission and minister as the Holy Spirit leads. (Matthew 16:18, 28:19-20; Acts 2:40-47; 20:28; Ephesians 5:22-32; I Timothy 3:15)
…In a Separated Life. We believe that believers should seek, as the early disciples did, to practice the separated life from the world and unto Jesus Christ and to set standards of conduct which shall exalt our Lord and edify His church. (Romans 12:1-3; II Corinthians 6:17; Galatians 6:14; Ephesians 5:11; Colossians 3:17)
…In Divine Healing. We believe that God does use doctors, medicines and other material means for healing. However, we believe divine healing has been provided for us in the Atonement of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Isaiah 52:5; James 5:14-16; Mark 16:18; I Corinthians 12:9; Mark 11:23)
…In the Ordinances of the Church. We believe that two ordinances of the Church as set by the Lord Jesus Christ are water baptism and communion (The Lord’s Supper). (Matthew 3:15-16 & 28:19-20; Acts 8:38; Romans 6:1-4; Luke 22:13-20)
…In the Priesthood of the Believer. We believe that each believer is a priest of the Lord Jesus Christ and has direct access to the Father through the Lord Jesus. Each person must believe for himself, be baptized for himself, obey for himself and answer to the Creator for himself. (Revelation 1:6; I Peter 2:9)
…In Tithes and Offering. We believe that God’s plan of finance for His work is by tithes and offerings and that it is a joy for His children to acknowledge His Lordship in this manner. (Malachi 3:6-12; Genesis 14:17-20; Hebrews 7:1-10; Matthew 23:23;
II Corinthians 8 & 9; Acts 20:35)
…In Christ-likeness. We desire that by the power of the Holy Spirit, Jesus’ love, mercy, grace, truth, purity, power, and integrity would shine through all that we are and
all we do. (Ephesians5:2)
…In Being Spirit-led. We honor Jesus as our Head and the Holy Spirit as our Counselor. We seek to be responsive to the Holy Spirit in life and ministry. (Colossians 1:15-18; Romans 8:14)
…In Covenant Relationships. We are honored by every person and group with whom God allows us to work and relate. We aim to work together to build the kingdom by maintaining mutual respect, open communication, determined cooperation, and believing and speaking the best about each other. (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)
…In Discipleship. We desire to grow as disciples of Christ and to make disciples of others. (Matthew 28:18-20)
…In Integrity. It is important for us to speak the truth, have honest dealings, and live uprightly. (Ephesians 4:15)
…In the Kingdom of God. We aim to move in the signs of the present fulfillment of the kingdom, desiring the Spirit’s powerful presence, ministering through the Spirit’s gifts, and seeing God heal and work wonders. (Mark 1:14-15)
…In Prayer. We believe that prayer is essential as our primary means of communion with God, as well as God’s primary means of accomplishing His purposes in the world. (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18; Philippians 4:6)
…In Unity. We are convinced that all who belong to Christ are one in His body, the church. We aim to maintain unity by honoring all who call on Jesus’ name. (John 17:21-23)