Brad Roth is a pastor in rural central Kansas and a Senior Fellow for Faith and Culture at the Town Square Collaborative of the University of the Ozarks.

He grew up baling hay, tending sheep, and shearing Christmas trees on a farm in Illinois. He is a graduate of Augustana College, Harvard Divinity School, and Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. Brad has a heart for serving God and God’s people.

Brad’s first book, God’s Country: Faith, Hope, and the Future of the Rural Church won an Award of Merit from Christianity Today.

He’s also the author of The Hunger Inside: How the Meal Jesus Gave Transforms Lives (Paraclete 2022), and Flyover Church: How Jesus’ Ministry in Rural Places Is Good News Everywhere (Herald 2024).

Brad is passionate about sharing faith in word and deed and living out God’s love in the community. He and his wife enjoy getting outside, gardening, and hanging out with their sons.

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