ABOUT BRAD
Brad Riley is a pastor, Bible teacher, grief support leader, and author whose work centers on helping people find hope, healing, and spiritual clarity in the middle of real life. He serves as Lead Pastor of The Goddard Church in Goddard, Kansas, and is the founder of Brad Riley Ministries, where he teaches Scripture through Bible Study Live and creates resources for Christian formation, encouragement, and practical discipleship.
Brad’s writing brings together pastoral care, biblical wisdom, and a deep concern for people walking through loss, pain, transition, and questions of faith. Through his grief support work with Healthy Pathways: A Road to Healing, and through titles such as Lighting Up the Darkness, he seeks to offer readers a compassionate companion for the journey—one that does not rush grief, minimize sorrow, or offer easy answers, but points gently toward hope.
He is also the founder of Divine Catch Press, a publishing imprint created to develop thoughtful Christian books and resources for spiritual growth, grief care, and everyday faith. Whether preaching, teaching, writing, or walking with families through seasons of loss, Brad’s calling is to help people see that God’s light still shines, even in the darkest valleys.
Brad lives in the Wichita, Kansas area, where he continues to serve the church, teach the Scriptures, and develop resources that help people live with faith, courage, and hope.
Brad & Family at the Jordan River
In January 2017, I lead my second pilgrimage to Israel and was blessed to baptize several pilgrims in the Jordan River, including my family!
The pilgrimage was a life-changing experience for all the pilgrims I was blessed to lead. To walk where Jesus walked and to hear his Word in the very place it was given. Those stones really do shout! I pray you also will get to go on a pilgrimage to Israel someday.
Brad preaching to the National Funeral Directors Assn. International Convention
On October 31st, 2017, I was privileged to lead an Ecumenical Service of Remembrance, in Boston MA, bringing a message of comfort to over 6,000 professionals in funeral ministry. The service brought together, Jewish, Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant Believers on the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. What a beautiful symbol of unity even among our differences.
BRM Office & Counseling Center
334 S Laura, Wichita, KS
In March 2021, the ministry was blessed to open
a ministry and counseling office. I counsel people from around South Central, Kansas, and also offer counseling online for anyone in other states and around the world.
SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS
Brad Riley Ministries offers workshops, seminars, and special teaching events designed to help individuals, churches, and organizations find hope, healing, and spiritual renewal. Topics include grief and loss, life after heartbreak, pastoral care, spiritual formation, biblical teaching, church renewal, and rediscovering purpose in difficult seasons. Whether for a church gathering, retreat, community event, or support group setting, these sessions are created to be compassionate, practical, and deeply rooted in the hope of Christ.