The dates for the Caribbean and U.S. Based Missionary Retreat are December 28, 2011 to January 1, 2012. Our guest speaker with be Dr. James Bradford. It will be held at the Texas District Campground in Waxahacie, Texas. More information will follow.
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| Dr. Jim Bradford |
Dr. Jim Bradford was elected General Secretary of the Assemblies of God by the Executive Presbytery in February 2009. He is a member of the Executive Leadership Team and the Executive Presbytery. As general secretary, Bradford oversees the credentialing of ministers, church chartering, the collection of official statistics and the Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center.
Prior to his election as general secretary, Bradford served as Senior Pastor of Central Assembly in Springfield, Missouri. Jim holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Minnesota. As a student he led a small Chi Alpha campus Bible study that eventually grew into a university church. Upon graduation in 1979, Jim stepped into full time ministry with that campus outreach. In 1988, Jim and his family moved to Southern California where he pastored Newport-Mesa Christian Center in the heart of Orange County.
