Pastor Bradford (Brad) Brizendine
Pastor Brad Brizendine was born and raised in Anderson, IN. He graduated from Anderson High School in 1971, began his short-lived time at an Indiana college, dropped out after his first quarter and returned to Anderson to work at General Motors. Brad developed a serious addiction to alcohol while in high school and shortly thereafter became even more gravely addicted. After being witnessed to “persistently” by two loving Christian men, Brad accepted Jesus Christ in 1975 and was gloriously saved, set free from alcohol, tobacco and gambling. Brad immediately separated himself from the vices that once enslaved him and entered the ministry.
In 1978, Pastor Brad joined the ministry as a youth/associate pastor and was appointed senior pastor in 1980. In 1982, God led him to start an independent ministry, Center of Faith Ministries, Inc.. Currently, Brad and his wife Joan of 31 years, pastor Greenbriar Community Church in Anderson, IN. Brad and Joan have five grown sons, one daughter in Heaven, and twelve grandchildren.