Vita

Bradley L Boydston, DMin
Pacific Islands Bible College
PO Box 22619
GMF, Guam 96921-2619 USA

Planning to call? Check the time on Guam first.
Office Phone: 671-734-1812
Cell Phone: 671-988-4252
US Mainland: 602-903-5085
Skype: BradBoydston


PURPOSE:
I define my purpose as helping people make vital connections and as facilitating growth in the lives of individuals and the church. Cheryl and I are Covenant Project Missionaries helping with the development of pastors and leaders for the churches in Micronesia and the Western Pacific. We serve in partnership with Pacific Islands Bible College and Liebenzell on Guam, where I teach and wear the vice president of academic affairs hat at PIBC.

I am an ordained minister in the Evangelical Covenant Church with a special interest in Christian leadership formation, helping to start new churches, and in the revitalization of older congregations. Before this current assignment I spent 22 years pastoring churches in Turlock, California; Bedford, Texas; and Selah, Washington.

Cheryl and I are members of Cornerstone Covenant Church in Turlock, and are associate members of the Lutheran Church of Guam.

HOME HAS BEEN:
San Jose, California; Scotts Valley, California; Berkeley, California; Pasadena, California; Tempe, Arizona; Chicago, Illinois; Selah, Washington; Euless, Texas; and Turlock, California.

SCHOOLS:
Willow Glen High School in San Jose, California (Class of '74); BA, Arizona State University; MDiv & DMin, Fuller Theological Seminary. I also studied at San Jose City College, San Jose State University, New College Berkeley, and North Park Theological Seminary.

TEACHING:
In addition to the standard pastoral fare of weekly preaching and teaching adult and youth classes over the years, I have taught the building Bridges with Mormons series, an introduction to church planting in the Covenant Church, the spontaneous church planting component of the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement course, an introduction to the Internet for Christians, and a re-envisioning your ministry seminar.

Currently at PIBC, in addition to my administrative responsibilities I teach:

• spiritual formation

• preaching

• theology

• world religions

• basic Bible study methods


OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES & SERVICE (past & present):

• President of the Covenant Ministerium.

• Secretary of the Covenant Ministerium.

• Member of the Evangelical Covenant Church’s Board of the Ordered Ministry and its executive committee.

• Church planting coach (anglo & “ethnic” congregations)

• Chair of the Management Advisory Committee at Covenant Village of Turlock.

• President of TEAM (Turlock Evangelical Association of Ministers)

• Member of the Turlock Community-University task force.

• Volunteer chaplain at Emanuel Medical Center.

• Field education supervisor for students from Dallas Theological Seminary, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary, Trinity Theological College.

• Area representative for North Park Theological Seminary.


DIVERSIONS:
I enjoy discussing and learning about early church history, Eastern Orthodoxy, Lutheranism, European Pietism, Anglicanism, Ecumenics, theological education, distance education, and electronic culture. I have been a member of the Society for the Study of Eastern Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism.

I run an email list, Abet, for the purpose of discussing issues of mission, leadership, and church health.


FAVORITE THINGS:
Meandering around on my bike...

Winter cycling in the Sonoran desert...

Saguaro National Park, Arizona...

Clear, warm, sunny, winter days...

Southwest Florida...

Satsuma mandarin oranges and cara cara navels...

Key lime pie...

New churches...

Old churches...

“I Know That My Redeemer Liveth”, the soprano aria in Handel’s “Messiah”...

Birkenstocks on my feet (way over-priced but comfortable)...

Family...
Cheryl -- on Guam with me, working at PIBC
Kirk -- Linguist in San Francisco.
Kent -- 4th year student at UC Irvine (political science)
Betsy -- 2nd year student at UC Berkeley (public health)

Gardening -- veggies, cacti, citrus, tropical fruit (mangos & guava)...

Arizona...

Bach...

Walking on the beach with Cheryl...

Most anything CHOCOLATE but especially Scotchmello dark chocolates from Sees’ Candies...