Brian Bowman, Author at The Western Journal

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Brian Bowman has been lead pastor and elder of Valley Life Church in Phoenix, Arizona, since 2011.

Brian Bowman is lead pastor and elder of Valley Life Church. He and his wife Brooke launched Valley Life in North Phoenix, Arizona, in 2011. Since then, Valley Life has planted five other churches in the area. He began serving as a Send City Missionary with the North American Mission Board's Send Phoenix in 2021. Brian and Brooke have two married children and one grandson.

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I Never Knew It Was Happening: Pastor Shares 1 Thing He Had Wrong About Church for Decades

When I was a freshman, dad took me and some men from my church to a pastor’s conference and we listened to sermons for two straight days.

By Brian Bowman September 18, 2021

A stained glass window created by F. Zettler (1878-1911) at the German Church (St. Gertrude's church) in Gamla Stan in Stockholm, Sweden.

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How To Share the Gospel with Your Relatives This Christmas

The Christmas season presents a great opportunity for Christians to tell our family -- many of whom we may only see once a year -- about Jesus.

By Brian Bowman December 22, 2019

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Not Fake News: Easter Is the Best True Story in the World

'I believe that our culture is particularly susceptible to Easter’s 2,000-year-old power and desperate to hear about it.'

By Brian Bowman March 29, 2018