Building Bridges USA

Building Bridges USA
helps immigrants and citizens alike
to understand and connect with
our unique American story
of faith, family, and freedom –
for the good of all.

Join us in building bridges with our new immigrant neighbors.

Hispanics have accounted for more than half of total US population growth since 2010

Hispanics are now Oklahoma’s largest minority population, surpassing the states’ populations of Native Americans and African Americans

One in 6 of new Oklahomans is a Hispanic, making them the state’s fastest-growing demographic

Statistics from Pew Research Center

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Building Bridges USA

Welcome to Building Bridges USA!

To this day, nobody can tell which side threw the first punch. That “rumble” at my high school came as no surprise; two rival groups

April 28, 2023

Resources

Building Bridges In the Community

BBUSA at the Governor's Hispanic outreach at Rose State College

Governor's Hispanic Initiative

Leaders of tomorrow at the Governor's Hispanic Initiative

Officials and dignitaries at Hispanic community center inauguration.

With guests at Morelos supermarket grand opening.

Margie about to share the story of her cross-cultural life in BBUSA's "Nuestras Voces" interview series.

With honored guests at the Morelos grand opening.

Marlene sharing the story of her cross-cultural life in BBUSA's "Nuestras Voces" interview series.

About Us

Building Bridges USA provides historically balanced and Biblically grounded, non-partisan solutions to the challenges immigrants face as they become constructive participants in our society.

Many immigrants are traditionally devout, hardworking, and devoted to meeting their families’ needs. However, they arrive here not knowing where our freedoms and economic opportunity come from. Building Bridges tells the unique story of America, and why/how our shared  American heritage is good news for all, including for them.

BBUSA also helps American groups (such as churches, for example) better understand and connect with the new arrivals in our community.

Our online content features informative videos and personal testimonies that help people understand and connect with our shared history and with the American economic engine.

My name is Francis Hobbes and I serve as the founder and executive director for Building Bridges USA.

Connecting with Hispanics in Spanish has been at the center of my life from the beginning. I grew up in a mixed U.S.-Peruvian family that got transferred all over as I was growing up – Peru, South Korea, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Washington, D.C., Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, and then back to D.C.

Lera and I have been married for 38 years. We have 4 adult children, and 5 grandchildren. I graduated from Fuller Theological Seminary with a MA in Theology.

My 37 years of Christian ministry, serving and teaching the Hispanic population uniquely positions me to connect and equip the growing immigrant population that’s coming here to this country. From our time in Christian ministry in Guatemala (12 years), California (10 years), and in Oklahoma City (15 years) we instruct, persuade, and empower these “outsiders” to become “insiders” who spread this message of good news to their own people. It takes cross-cultural communication to another level when I address these newcomers and have to translate for myself from Spanish into English, and vice versa.

We literally speak their language!

You can reach me at francis@buildingbridgesusa.org