Getting to church shouldn't be the hard part.
Bridge turns your congregation's own drivers into an organized transportation ministry. Members request a ride in the app. Bridge decides who picks them up, in what order, and what time the driver needs to leave.
How Bridge works
Your church posts the service
A coordinator adds Sunday service, midweek Bible study, or a special event, with the time people need to be there.
Members ask for a ride
Two taps in the app: where to pick me up, which service. No phone tree, no group chat, no asking a favor from someone they barely know.
Bridge builds the routes
Every rider is matched to the driver who can actually collect them, the stops are ordered by road distance, and each driver gets a leave-by time that works backward from the service.
The part nobody else does
Routing that fills the car.
Most church ride tools stop at a signup sheet: they collect who needs a ride and leave a volunteer to work out the rest on a Saturday night. That is how you end up with three cars crossing the same county for one rider each, and four people still with no seat.
Bridge scores every rider against the route each driver is already driving — not against a straight line home — then orders the stops by real road distance and works the departure time backward from when the service starts.
One real Sunday, re-solved
- Before
- 3 drivers out, 12 empty seats, 3 members left behind
- After
- 1 driver, 4 riders, 0 left behind
- That driver's route
- 4 stops · 32 miles · leave by 3:44 PM for a 6:00 PM service
For drivers
One screen. Everything you need.
Your volunteer doesn't get a list of addresses and a prayer. They get the stops already in driving order, the time to be at each one, and the single number that actually matters — when to pull out of their own driveway.
Serving early? A driver sets their own hours, and Bridge only assigns riders inside them.
Get the app →Built for who your church is actually driving
Most of the people who need a ride to church are children, students, and members who no longer drive. Bridge is built on that assumption.
Drivers are approved by your church
Nobody drives until a coordinator marks them ready. Bridge tracks license, insurance, and vehicle details, and flags a driver the moment something expires.
Coordinators see everything
Every assignment, every pickup, every rider who still has no seat. Nothing happens in a private message a leader cannot see.
No strangers, no money
Bridge only connects people inside the same congregation. There is no fare, no tipping, and no payment of any kind moving through the app.
Bring Bridge to your church
Tell us your church, roughly how many people need rides on a normal Sunday, and where you meet. We'll set your congregation up and walk your coordinator through the first week.
Already riding or driving with Bridge?
Your church invites you — there is nothing to sign up for here. Once they do, you'll get an email with the link to download the app and set your password.
Get the appLooking for the ride app your church uses today? It's at bridgechurchrides.com.
Get Bridge on your phone
Scan the code, or put it in your bulletin and let your congregation scan it from the pew. It always sends a phone to the right place.
www.bridgechurchrides.com/app
Coming soon
Bridge is in review for the App Store and Google Play.
We'll announce the launch date here the moment it's confirmed. If your church already uses Bridge, your coordinator will email you.
If you need a ride
- Ask for a ride to any service your church has posted
- See who is picking you up and when they will be there
- Save your usual pickup spot so it is two taps next time
If you drive
- Say which hours you can drive — including early, if you serve
- Get one route with every stop already in the right order
- Know the time you need to pull out of your driveway
Bridge is invite-only — your church adds you, and you will get an email with the link to set your password. There is no public sign-up, and there never is a fare.