John Bradosky
| Bishop John Bradosky | |
|---|---|
| Church | North American Lutheran Church |
| Installed | August 11, 2011 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1952 |
| Spouse | Kristi Bradosky |
| Children | Four children (one deceased) |
| Education | Hamma School of Theology at Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio and Indiana University at Indiana, Pennsylvania |
John F. Bradosky (born 1952) is an American Lutheran Bishop. He has been the first elected Bishop of the North American Lutheran Church, since his election on 11 August 2011. He is married to Kristi and they had four children, one of which died aged 6 years old in a car accident.
Ecclesiastical career
Bradosky graduated at the Hamma School of Theology at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, and at Indiana University at Indiana, Pennsylvania.[1]
He had 32 years of pastoral experience when he was elected the first Bishop of the NALC, having served at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He was senior pastor of St. John Lutheran Church, in Springfield, Ohio, Trinity Lutheran Church, in Canton, Ohio, and Grace Lutheran Church, in Huntington Beach, California. He was the senior pastor of the Epiphany Lutheran Church, in Dayton, Ohio, when he joined the North American Lutheran Church upon his creation in June 2010. He was appointed General Secretary of the NALC in January 2011.
He was the first elected Bishop of the North American Lutheran Church at their Convocation, which reunited around 800 Lutherans at Upper Arlington Lutheran Church in Hilliard, Ohio, on 11 August 2011, to serve for a four years term.[2] He was reelected for another four years term at the NALC Convocation, on 13 August 2015.[3]