Dr. Bud Steadman

Dr. Bud Steadman served as the Executive Director of Baptist World Mission from early 2009 until April 1, 2023. On the latter date he began a new full-time itinerant role with BWM as “Missions Mentor”, a partnering and problem-solving ministry assisting local churches and their missionaries. In addition to his primary focus on preaching conferences and revivals, he will be seeking to strengthen the missions programs of local churches and to encourage missionaries in their ministries at home and abroad. Prior to coming to BWM in 2009 he served for thirteen years as the senior pastor of Community Baptist Church of South Bend, Indiana.
Bud was born at Kingsport, Tennessee in 1953 into an unchurched nominal Christian home. At the age of 10 he heard the Gospel and was saved through the Bible school outreach of a local Baptist church. After being called to preach through his personal devotions at the age of 15, he attended Bob Jones University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Bible in 1975 and a Master of Ministry degree in 1990. He was honored in 1994 by Ambassador Baptist College of Lattimore, North Carolina with a Doctor of Divinity degree.
In 1975 he married the former Ruth Ann Bauman of Farmington, New Mexico, whom he met during their Bible college training. The Steadmans have three children and six grandchildren. His early ministry included youth pastorates in New Mexico and North Carolina and a church planting project in Virginia. He also served as senior pastor at Catawba Springs near Raleigh, North Carolina from 1986-1996. Under his leadership at Community Baptist Church of South Bend the
congregation moved into a new 1,200 seat auditorium in 2003, providing an expanded witness for Christ in that predominantly Catholic community.
Dr. Steadman’s commitment to missions has been reflected in his having traveled to various mission fields, as well as having served on a number of ministry and mission boards. The Lord has given Bud multiple opportunities to speak at Christian colleges, camps, revival meetings, Christian school and family seminars, in addition to his mission conference ministry. He also has had many of his sermons and articles published both in Christian periodicals and online forums.