Who we are

bridge-builders – The Pocket Testament League in the UK – is an Evangelical organisation dedicated to enabling Christians to share their faith one to one.  We are a registered charity and a limited company and a long term member of The Evangelical Alliance.

bridge-builders is administered by a Board of Directors who meet quarterly.

Dave Bennett National Director

Having studied at the Bible Training    Institute in Glasgow, Dave was an Evangelist with Seamen's Christian Friend Society for 14 years before joining the Pocket Testament League (now known as Bridge-Builders) in 1983.  Dave was an Evangelist and Trainer with bridge-builders until becoming National Director in 2006. Dave has been involved in all kinds of Christian outreach.  For many years he led children’s missions and holiday clubs.  He has spoken at evangelistic events in many situations and to all age groups.  For the past 24 years Dave has been the leader of the Chester Tell-a-Tourist team and in recent years he has been padre at Merseyside Christian Youth Camps.  For many Dave is best known as a motivational preacher with a burden for mission.

In 2000 Dave became a part-time postgraduate student at Cliff College in Derbyshire.  In 2003 he was awarded an MA in Evangelism Studies with Distinction from the University of Sheffield.  As part of his MA Dave undertook an extensive research project into 'How do Adults become Christians?'.  He looked at the stories of 383 recent adult converts.  He has since turned his research findings into a course on “How to reach adults”.  Training has become an important part of Dave’s present day ministry.

Dave is married to Chris and they have two grown-up children.  He is an elder of Maitland Evangelical Church in Birkenhead.  His hobbies include collecting sticks, reading and he enjoys natural history, particularly birds. [best sighting in 2007 was a Bittern]

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