About Bridge Bible Church | Fort Portal, Uganda

who we are

We are a new church launching in April 2026.

We exist to help people know God through faith in Jesus Christ.

We are committed to faithfully teaching the Word of God, and growing in our relationship with God and one with another to impact our community with the hope of the gospel.

We are passionate about seeing the gospel intersect our daily lives. We don’t want to just ‘go’ to church, we want to ‘be’ the church. We want to live as the church every day, living life on mission together. We believe Jesus is the bridge, between God and humanity, and it’s only through Him that we can be saved from our sins and receive the gift of eternal life. We hope our church can be a place where people encounter God, belong to His family, be equipped and engage life with purpose.

meet the pastors

Lameck, and his wife Kelsey, got married in Uganda in 2019. They’ve welcomed 3 children along the way, Jethro-4 years, Nevaeh-2 years and Ezra-2 months.

Together they founded and run Orutindo Ministries Uganda, which translates “The Bridge Ministries,” in Rutooro-Lameck’s local language. From the time they met, God has placed a burden on their hearts to start a church someday. After years of praying and waiting, they moved to Fort Portal and their God stirred their hearts for their community in Fort Portal and feel called to plant a church in there, to advance God’s kingdom.

Lameck is a mutooro by tribe from Fort portal Uganda, and a medical doctor by profession. He enjoys raising chickens and a good hot cup of African spiced chai.

Kelsey is from Michigan, USA, and is a missionary living with her family in Uganda. Kelsey loves writing and an afternoon in the kitchen baking muffins. As a family they love going on road trips and running around outside laughing with their kids.

Their heart is for the church and to help people see that our only hope and purpose is discovered when we encounter God through faith in Jesus Christ. They want to see people transformed and live purposeful lives for the glory of God.

Our values

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Our Mission Statement

A church family helping people encounter God, belong to His family, be equipped and engage the world with purpose.

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Our beliefs

The Holy Bible was written by men who were inspired by the Holy Spirit and is God’s revelation of Himself to man. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. The sixty-six books of the Bible constitute the written Word of God, completely infallible and inerrant, inspired equally in all parts.

Therefore, all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy and will remain to the end of the world, the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions should be tried. All Scripture is a testimony to Christ, who is Himself the focus of divine revelation.

Psalms 119:105,140; Proverbs 30:5; Isaiah 40:8; Luke 21:33; John 5:39; 17:17; Romans 15:4; 16:25-26; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; Hebrews 4:12; 1 Peter 1:25; 2 Peter 1:19-21, Revelation 22:18–19.

God as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and the flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace. He is all powerful, all knowing, all loving, and all wise. His Fatherhood involves both His designation within the Trinity and His relationship with mankind. As creator He is Father in His attitude toward all men but He is Father in truth only to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ.

Genesis 1:1; 2:7; Exodus 3:14; Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 64:8; Jeremiah 10:10; Mathew 23:9; 28:19; Mark 1:9-11; John 4:24; 5:26; 14:6-13; Acts 1:7; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Galatians 4:6; Ephesians 4:6; 1 Timothy 1:17; Hebrews 12:9; 1 Peter 1:17.

There is one and only one living and true God. He is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe. God is infinite in holiness and all other perfections. God is all powerful and all knowing; and His perfect knowledge extends to all things, past, present, and future, including the future decisions of His free creatures. To Him we owe the highest love, reverence, and obedience. The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being.

Deuteronomy 6:4; Mathew 28:19; Mark 1:9-1; John 10:30; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 2 Corinthians 13:14; 1 John 5:7.

Christ is the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation (God becoming man) as Jesus Christ He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.

Jesus perfectly revealed and did the will of God, taking upon Himself human nature with its demands and necessities and identifying Himself completely with mankind yet without sin. He honored the divine law by His personal obedience, and in His substitutionary death on the cross He made provision for the redemption of men from sin. He was raised from the dead after three days to demonstrate His power over sin and death. He ascended into heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God where He is the One Mediator between God and man. He will return in power and glory to judge the world and to consummate His redemptive mission. He now dwells in all believers as the living and ever-present Lord.

Genesis 18:1; Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 9:6; Matthew 1:18-23; 3:17; Mark 1:1; Luke 1:35; John 1:1-18; 10:30; Acts 1:9-11; Romans 1:3-4; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 2:9; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18; 1 Timothy 2:5-6; 3:16; Titus 2:13-14; Hebrews; 4:14-15; 1 John 5:9; 2 John 7-9.

God the Holy Spirit is a divine Person. In all the divine attributes, He is coequal and consubstantial with the Father and the Son. His work is to execute the divine will with relation to all mankind. He calls men to the Savior, and effects regeneration. We recognize His sovereign activity in creation, the incarnation, the written revelation and the work of salvation. He cultivates Christian character, convicts the world concerning sin, righteousness and judgment, comforts believers, and bestows the spiritual gifts by which they serve God through His church.

Genesis 1:2; Joel 2:28-32; Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:35; 4:1; John 3:5-7, John 4:24; John 14:25-26, 16:8; Acts 1:8; 2:1-4,38; 10:44; 13:2; 16:6; 19:1-6; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 2 Corinthians 3:17; Galatians 5:25; Ephesians 1:13-14; 4:30; 2 Timothy 1:14; 2 Peter 1:20-21.

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ has commanded the preaching of the gospel to all nations. It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ and of every church of the Lord Jesus Christ to endeavor to make disciples of all nations and seek constantly to win the lost to Christ by verbal witness undergirded by a Christian lifestyle, and by other methods in harmony with the gospel of Christ.

We are committed to partnering with ministries, churches, families and individuals locally and abroad; to use all available means to reach all people and not wait for them to come to us.

Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16; Luke 24:46-48; John 20:21; Acts 1:8; 1 Corinthians 5:20; Ephesians 3:1-11; 2 Timothy 4:5; Hebrews 2:1-3; Revelation 22:17.

God created human beings male and female; therefore, we hold the distinction between the two sexes to be sacred.

Marriage is a covenant relationship designed and ordained by God from the very beginning of creation as a union between one man and one woman. We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to only occur between one man and one woman who are married to each other. We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman. Therefore, any form of sexual immorality such as adultery, fornication, homosexuality, transsexuality, or bisexual conduct bestiality, incest pornography or any attempt to change the appearance or identity of one’s biological sex /gender by medical, surgical, non-binary acts, conduct, or by any other means is forbidden, sinful and offensive to God.

Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:18, 21-25; Exodus 20:14; Leviticus 18:23; Leviticus 18:6-22, Proverbs 5:20, 6:20-35, 23:26-28; Matthew 5:27-28; Matthew 19:4-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:18–32; Romans 6:12; Corinthians 6:9-19; 1 Corinthians 7:2-5; 1 Corinthians 6:9,13,18-19; Galatians 5:16; Ephesians 5:3,22-33; Colossians 3:5, 18-19; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5; Hebrews 13:4; James 1:14-15.

God is the source of all blessings, temporal and spiritual; all that we have and are we owe to Him. We recognize that He has entrusted us with His blessings to use them for His glory. We serve Him with our time, talents, and treasure. We tithe, support the poor, and give generously above and beyond towards the advancement of the kingdom of God.

Genesis 14:20; Leviticus 27:30-32; Deuteronomy 8:18; Malachi 3:8-12; Matthew 6:1-4,19-21; 19:21; Luke 12:42; 16:1-13; Acts 2:44-47; 5:1-11; 20:35; 1 Corinthians 16:1-4; 2 Corinthians 8-9; Philippians 4:10-19.

It is our duty as the Body of Christ to seek peace with all men on principles of righteousness. Unity is essential for us to corporately work together to fulfill the great commission and maintain our witness in the community where we live and serve.

The true remedy for all conflict is the gospel of our Lord Jesus. The supreme need of the world is the acceptance of His teachings in all the affairs of men, and the practical application of His law of love.

Isaiah 2:4; Isaiah 32:18; Matthew 5:9,38-48; 26:52; Romans 12:18-19; 13:1-7; 14:19; Ephesians 4:1-16; Philippians 1:15-18; Hebrews 12:14; James 4:1-2.

God, in His own time and in His own way, will bring the world to its appropriate end. According to His promise, Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly in glory to the earth; the dead will be raised; and Christ will judge all men in righteousness. The unrighteous will be consigned to Hell, the place of everlasting punishment. The righteous in their resurrected and glorified bodies will receive their reward and will dwell forever in Heaven with the Lord.

Matthew 24:30, 26:63-64; Luke 12:40; John 14:1-3; Acts 1:9-11; Romans 14:10; 1 Corinthians 15:35-58; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-8; 1 Timothy 6:14; 2 Timothy 4:1; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 9:27-28; James 5:8; Revelation 1:7.

Man is the special creation of God, made in His own image. He created them male and female as the crowning work of His creation. In the beginning man was innocent of sin and was endowed by his Creator with freedom of choice. By his free choice man sinned against God and brought sin into the human race.

Therefore, all human beings are sinners by nature and by choice and are spiritually dead, in need of a Savior. Man's salvation is thereby wholly of God's grace through the redemptive work of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Genesis 1:26-30; 3:1-7; 9:6; Psalms 8:3-6; 51:5; Jeremiah 17:9; Acts 17:26-31; Romans; 3:23; 5:6,12,19; 1 Corinthians 1:21-31; 15:19, 21-22; Ephesians 2:1-22; Colossians 1:21-22.

Salvation is a gift of God that involves the redemption of man and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer.

We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ and not on the basis of human merit or works. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.

Genesis 3:15; John 3:16-17; John 14:6; Acts ; 4:12; Acts 16:31; Romans ; 2:4; 3:23-25 5:1,5:8-10; 6:23; 10:9-10 ,Galatians 2:16; Ephesians 1:7; 2:8-10; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Peter 1:18-19; Revelation 3:20.

The Universal Church is the Body of Christ made up of all believers in Christ from every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, who have been reborn in Him and thus adopted into God’s family.

The local Church is an autonomous local congregation of baptized believers who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ, are united by the Holy Spirit and fellowship of the gospel; observing the two ordinances of Christ, governed by His laws, exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word, and seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth. The one supreme authority for the church is Christ. Church leadership, gifts, order, discipline, and worship are all appointed through His sovereignty as found in the Scriptures.

Matthew 16:15-19; Acts 2:41-47, Romans 12:5; 1 Corinthians 1:2, 11:3, 12:12-13; Ephesians 1:19-23; 4:3-10; Colossians 1:18; Hebrews 12:23.

Christian baptism is the full immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Baptism is an outward expression of an inward heart change. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Savior, the believer’s death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus.

The Lord’s Supper consists of two elements; the bread and the cup. The bread symbolizes the broken body of Jesus, and the cup represents the blood He shed. We observe the Lord’s Supper monthly to remember the death of our Redeemer and anticipate His second coming.

Matthew 26:26-30; Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 1:9-11; Mark 14:22-26; Mark 16:16; Luke 3:21-22; John 3:23; Acts 2:38,41-42; 8:12, 35-39; 20:7; Romans 6:3-5; 1 Corinthians 10:16,21; 11:23-29; Colossians 2:12.

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