After graduating high school, Brad’s first inclination was to pursue a teaching degree and become a high school history teacher. But as he weighed his post-secondary options, his youth pastor recommended he consider a ministry internship at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City. Whenever he thought about the various schools and ministry programs he was considering, he would think through his pros and cons for each one. But each time he thought about Kansas City the Holy Spirit would say, “If you go there, it’ll set the tone for the rest of your life.”

With that it was off to Kansas City, where Brad would meet his wife, Melissa, and be introduced to such themes as 24/7 worship, prayer, and the revelation of Jesus as Bridegroom, King, and Judge.

After two years, Brad and Melissa returned to Canada to get married and settled down in Niagara Falls. Though they felt a call to some sort of ministry, this began a long season of working 9-to-5 and raising children, while simultaneously working out how to incorporate values from a 24/7 ministry context into the mundane of “everyday life.”

In 2016, Brad’s new role as Lead Elder meant he had to dust off the teaching dream and start using it. In 2022, he was invited to be a contributing teacher with the National House of Prayer (Ottawa, Ontario) and their School of Prayer. His first book, James: Essentials for Effective Prayer, was born out of a class he taught there.

While he doesn’t necessarily have a favourite theme to teach on, Brad most enjoys seeing the interconnectedness of Scripture in his study, and seeing the lights come on for people in his teaching. Raised conservative and developed charismatic, Brad’s heart is to work toward greater unity between various streams in the body of Christ (John 17:20-23) and to see never-ending worship and prayer offered to the Worthy One from east to west (Malachi 1:11).