+ Church Tour +: Bridgeway Church of Silicon Valley

In January of 1985, I joined a new church plant from Berkland Baptist Church (BBC), located between Berkeley and Oakland (thus the name), in the Stanford University area called Palo Alto Berkland Baptist Church (PABBC). After the initial handful of members, it continue to grow into New Community Baptist Church (NCBC) in Mountain View. The original plant changed its course when the senior pastor who was invited in 1990 was a mentor figure to the senior pastor of BBC switching the role of PABBC from being a sister church to a more of an independent church. BBC's vision of reaching to the Silicon Valley younger generation English-speaking members was unaltered and BBC of Silicon Valley was birthed and had been ministering ever since then. I personally know the pastor and his wife from their singles days and not only that, their location is literally down the street from where we live. So, we worshiped at BBC of Silicon Valley on this Sunday.

We had a pleasant service and some sharing with some friends from PABBC days afterwards. Heard their vision for this area and how they plan to change their ministry direction a little going forward.

[Update 1/11/2009] -- The church became an independent entity and now called, Bridgeway Church of Silicon Valley. Same pastor and similar ministry but I had not communicated with them since to know all the details.