In June 2010, Pastor Brad Miller began an intentional 6 month interim. He will attend to typical pastoral duties as well as leading the congregation in transition and guiding the discernment of a strategic direction for the future of Bethany.
The Rev. Dr. Brad Miller, founder of ChurchTech, has over 20 years of experience working to enhance ministry with the aid of analytic tools and technology. He is passionate about helping churches to grow in healthy ways. He was a parish pastor in the ELCA for 17 years and is now a pastor in the LCMC. He has served congregations in a variety of different contexts: urban & rural, large & small. His experience includes: church construction, capital appeals, church planting, and conflict resolution. He is a trained Intentional Interim Minister. Starting in 1990 he began to organize and conduct ecumenical conferences and seminars on ministry and technology. He has also been a presenter on those same topics at seminars organized by others (like Christian Computing Magazine). Dr. Miller has been a featured presenter at conferences and seminars throughout the U.S. and abroad. He was the developer of the Glass Cockpit church health and growth assessment tool, as well as various templates and tools for use with software for churches. He is the author of Church Health and Growth Primer.Dr. Miller received his B.S. In Public Affairs from Indiana University in 1987. He received his M. Div. From Wartburg Theological Seminary in 1992 and was ordained as a pastor that same year. Under the mentorship of Dr. Kent Hunter, he was trained as an Associate Church Doctor. He earned his D.Min. from Agape Seminary in 2006. When not consulting churches, Dr. Miller is available to speak at ministry leadership events and particularly looks forward to opportunities to teach church leaders in Africa. His wife, Pam Schroeder, is also a pastor, currently serving as a Hospice Chaplain. They reside in Des Moines, Iowa and have two teenage children.
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