From Sampler to Sower

Preaching @ Water's Edge

My name’s Bradley Buhro and online you can find me as pastorbuhro on myspace, facebook, flickr and more.  I’m Michelle’s husband, the proud father of five (four boys and then to make my wife happy and keep me from getting comfortable God gave us a little girl), the youth pastor at the Middletown Church of the Nazarene (that’s my office right there), and the technology geek and video dude for the Northeastern Indiana NYI.

I’ve been doing this youth ministry thing full time for 13 years and counting.  Spent 7 years at a small church (attendance about 80) in Decatur, Illinois, and am in my 6th year here in Middletown, Indiana (the one in Henry County – can you believe that Indiana has 3 Middletowns?) at a much larger church (attendance about 500).  So I’ve experienced life on both sides of the small church/big church tracks.  Just never been on the mega-church or we’ve-got-plenty-of-money church side.  And my oldest son is now in 6th grade, which means I’m also enjoying the I’ve-got-my-own-kid-in-the-youth-group experience.

Playing Bass @ Water's Edge

I was brought up in the Church of the Nazarene, and have felt the call to ministry since I was 9.  Never imagined being a youth pastor, and never imagined being a youth pastor for this long, but this is where God has called me, and I’m loving it.  I went to college at Olivet Nazarene University, major in religion, minors in Spanish and Koine Greek.  I married my high school sweetheart.  I was ordained in the Church of the

Nazarene by Dr. Jerry Porter.  And I teach the Wesleyan Theology class for the Northeastern Indiana School of Ministry program.

The greatest joys in my life: watching my kids grow up, seeing them
love God and begin worshipping and serving Him, seeing teens

My family and I

make the tough decision to really follow Christ, watching my former teens take up positions of ministry (both lay and clergy) in His Church, and seeing Brett Farve lose with the Jets (I am a rabid Green Bay Packers fan, but no, I’m not bitter.)

Our youth ministry’s website is watersedgeyouth.com

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