My name is Bradley Bell. Here's some of my journey.

🐄 1984: Grew up on a cattle and tobacco farm in Monticello, Kentucky.

✝️ 1997: Became a Christian at thirteen.

⛪ 2001: Committed to vocational ministry at seventeen.

👦🏻 2004: Served as youth minister at First Baptist Church in Williamsburg, Kentucky.

🎓 2008: Graduated from the University of the Cumberlands with a BA in Religion and Communications Arts 

🌍 2008: Served as a missionary in East Africa.

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👰🏼‍♀️ 2011: Married Katie and moved to Louisville, Kentucky.

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⚜️ 2013: Served as a missions pastor at Sojourn Church Midtown.

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✍🏻 2013: Began writing for The Upstream Collective and published The Sending Church Defined.

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🎓 2014: Graduated from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary with an MA in Missiology.

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👧🏼 2014: Began welcoming our four daughters, Elisabeth, Charlotte, Anneliese, and Madeleine.

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📖 2017: Served as the lead pastor at Antioch Church. 

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🌊 2024: Began serving as the executive director of Upstream Equipping & Publishing.