Bridge Builders International

Programs: Ministries in and/or on the behalf of latvia performed by bbis. Nine employees/missionaries include personal counseling and mentoring, church assistance and leadership, teaching and preaching, using the arts in worship, pastoral care, outreach, youth work, addiction recovery program, orphan care, outreach to children and teens, work with the disabled and women's ministries.

educate and mobilize american churches, christian organizations and individuals to establish and develop fruitful partnerships with latvian churches and christian organizations. We have long and short term partnerships with 118 american churches and organizations, 65 churches and organizations in latvia and 35 international organizations in 10 countries. Our staff speak to more than 4,000 people per year at these churches and at other special events. We are continually educating, encouraging, motivating and helping american partners to increase their effectiveness in their efforts in latvia. The areas of our influence extend to children, youth, orphan care, camps, retreats, conferences, pastoral training, outreach events, art camps, concerts, humanitarian aid, disabled assistance, drug and alcohol addiction recovery, construction and dental care.

leadership development activities performed with latvian organizations with whom we partner. Partners include:partners association latvia, baltic pastoral institute, camp ganibas, latvian biblical center, atradums publishing, eagle's wings camp, celebrate recovery latvia, european leadership forum, lausanne art, global baltic initiative and latvian evangelical alliance. We organize and conduct events each year for cross cultural ministry workers, professional women and national leaders (latvian national prayer breakfast). Our president, charles kelley, teaches bible and theology at baltic pastoral institute and he also recruits international specialists to teach on topics where we cannot find qualified latvians to teach. This impacts some 60+ students, many of whom will be future pastors we assist in the translation and publishing of books.