Reverend Dr. Bishop Peter Ignazio Bruno, Sr.

Nearing his 5th decade of full-time Christian Ministry, this oldest son of eight siblings, raised by a pastor in a godly home and reared on an onion farm in Oneida, New York, has grown into a Spiritual Father and an inspiration to everyone that he comes in contact with. He is the Senior Pastor at Nutley Abundant Life Worship Center, and has been so since 1970. Through his legacy of leadership, he has fathered 22 churches directly or indirectly and has birthed over 50 sons and daughters into full-time ministry. A gifted preacher and teacher of God’s Word, he has led 2 tour trips to the Holy Land and was a guest itinerant speaker for Host Pastor’s in the country of Argentina. His vast background has included the leadership of the East Coast Youth Ministries of the C.C.N.A (Christian Church of North America), full-time Church and Tent Traveling Evangelism Ministry in the United States, numerous committees and boards. He had even authored a book called, Worry-Free Living, all while maintaining a vibrant church ministry in Nutley that has seen the growth from it’s modest attendance of 50 people in 1970, to over 800 people today. He has overseen the moving of the church from it’s Bloomfield Avenue address in Nutley, when it was called Nutley Assembly of God (a modest 10,000 sq. ft. building) to it’s expansive current address on Washington Avenue in Nutley (a 120,000 sq. ft. facility).

Bishop Sr. and his wife, Minister Rose Marie, host a vibrant television ministry that is broadcast on the internet and aired throughout the Tri-State Area each week on numerous cable networks that reach out to a potential audience of 3.5 million viewers. He also realized his dream of a Christian School when in 1986 Abundant Life Academy debuted in the basement of the former church property with a handful of students. Today it is a school of high academic excellence with a strong emphasis on the Spirit of God. It is a culturally diverse school with a student body of over 200. It meets the needs of all children in grades pre-k to 12th.

He currently has numerous churches in his care as their Presiding Bishop. While being a firm believer in supporting the missions field each year financially, he has designs to raise up people to send them out as full-time missionaries.

Bishop and Minister Rose Marie, married since June, 1958, have raised four children and currently enjoy 13 grandchildren. Their two sons are full-time pastors in New Jersey and their two daughters are active with them in church ministry in Nutley.

A Time-Line of Events in Bishop’s Life :
1958 – Graduated from Elim Bible College, Lima, New York
1958 – Married the former Rose Marie Butera
1963 – Pastored his first Church in Jamestown, New York
1964 – Ordained as a Minister by the C.C.N.A (Christian Church of North America)
1970 – Became Pastor of the Nutley Assembly of God after a candidacy trial period
1984 – Received an earned Masters Degree in Bible Theology from the Orlando Bible Seminary, Orlando, Florida
1994 – Received a bestowed Honorary Doctorate Degree of Divinity from
Evangelical Theological Seminary, Dixon, Missouri
1998 – Consecrated as a Bishop in Nutley, New Jersey. Presided over by Bishop Quander Wilson, Columbus, Ohio
1999 – Bestowed the honor of having a fellowship hall named after him by one of his Pastor Son’s Churches, Whippany, New Jersey