Brad

Brad Riley

Hello! Welcome to my page!

I'm an ordained elder in the Global Methodist Church, and I've had a call to ministry, since I was a young boy. However, I didn't embrace that call until I was 37 years old. As a young boy, I attended the Church of the Brethren with my parents, but later converted to the Catholic Church as a teenager. That was my spiritual home until I found a personal relationship with Christ in the Church of the Nazarene, as a 22 year-old. I was later Ordained an Elder in the Nazarene Church before coming to the Global Methodist Church.​

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As a boy, an old man in the church where I grew up always said of me, "That boy is going to be either a preacher or a politician." Well, at 21 years of age, after a few years of working in political campaigns, I ran for the Kansas House of Representatives - and lost a very close race. I mean it was a squeaker! Half the town went to bed thinking I'd won the race. I realized something that day. A career in politics means you have to win!

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I worked the next 16 years in Retail Menswear sales and management as well as a marketing representative for a local manufacturing plant. I married, my wife Rhonda and we had two children, a son, Corbin, and a daughter, Brooke.

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However, at the age of 37, after discovering I had a heart disease, I embraced the call I had always had - to preach the gospel and share the love of Christ with whomever and wherever I could.

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The next 20+ years were spent in Pastoral Ministry in large and small churches in San Antonio, TX, Wichita, KS, Udall, KS, and Winfield, KS.

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In 2019, Brad Riley Ministries Inc was launched as a non-profit organization to help transform lives and renew churches wherever God would lead me.

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My past experience in politics, sales, and management have given me a unique perspective into the lives and struggles of ordinary people trying to find faith, while navigating the many challenges of everyday life in a fallen world.

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In addition to my call to Brad Riley Ministries, in 2020 I began working with the Cozine Memorial Group heading up a bereavement ministry, through which I teach Grief Support classes and minister in a variety of ways.

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In the Fall of 2023, I was appointed as Lead Pastor of The Goddard Church in Wichita, KS, a Global Methodist congregation. I assumed leadership at TGC in January 2024, and am excited every day to lead and minister in such an incredibly loving and welcoming community.

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My wife Rhonda and I have been married over 38 years. We reside in Wichita, Kansas and have two grown children, and one grandchild. 

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Why not take a minute to fill in the contact form below and let me know how I can you on your spiritual journey!