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JAMES
BRADFORD TO BE GENERAL SECRETARY OF AG |
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Springfield (USA): James
Bradford, pastor of Central Assembly of God in
Springfield, is the new general secretary of the
Assemblies of God, General Superintendent George O. Wood
announced.
Bradford, 56, was unanimously appointed by the Executive
Presbytery following the resignation of John M. Palmer
on February 13, 2009 after admitting to ethical
misconduct. Bradford will assume the duties of the
General Secretary's office effective immediately.
However, he will also continue as pastor of Central
Assembly through Easter.
The general secretary maintains information about the
denomination's ministers and churches, oversees the
chartering of churches and credentialing of ministers
and keeps official statistics about the Assemblies of
God, which is based in Springfield.
Wood said the search for the new general secretary was
one “bathed in prayer and conducted with a list of
qualities in mind. Included in the list were godly
character, respect among ministers and constituency,
competency for the office, preaching and communication
skills, chemistry with the current executive leadership,
ability to connect with young people and leadership
skills, among other things all qualities that were
carefully and prayerfully evaluated.”
Bradford, who holds a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering
from the University of Minnesota, grew in a small Chi
Alpha campus Bible study at the university into a
university church. Upon graduation in 1979, he went into
full-time ministry with that campus outreach.
In 1982, he was ordained by the Minnesota District. He
and his family moved to Southern California in 1988
where he pastored New-port-Mesa Christian Center in
Orange County. In 2000, the Bradfords moved to
Vancouver, B.C., to pastor Broadway Church, and in 2003
he came to Springfield to pastor Central Assembly.
“He is a popular speaker both in the States and abroad,”
Wood adds. Bradford works with university student
ministries, missionaries and pastoral leadership
training. Bradford and his wife, Sandi, have two
daughters, Meredith and Angeline, both students at
Evangel University in Springfield.
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