Career Summary
A native of Richmond, Virginia, Buddy began his professional career with the Xerox Corporation as a salesman and was later a sales team leader, sales trainer and account executive. In 1973, he joined The New England where he was involved in sales and financial planning. In 1977, Buddy founded Needle’s Eye Ministries, an interdenominational Christian organization that ministers to the business and professional community of Richmond, Virginia.

Education
Buddy graduated from Randolph-Macon College in 1969 with a B.A. in political science. He entered Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 1975 and graduated in 1977 with a Master of Theological Studies degree (magna cum laude). In 1989 he was a recipient of Gordon-Conwell's Centennial Year Award as a distinguished alumnus.

Community Activities
Buddy is also the founder and former President of two other ministries, the Christian Counseling and Training Center and The Cross-Over Ministry, a Christian outreach that provides medical and dental care to the homeless and inner city impoverished of Richmond.

In 1989 he was a delegate to the Lausanne II Congress on World Evangelization in Manila.  In 2004 he was a member of the Marketplace Ministry Issues Group of the 2004 Lausanne Forum for World Evangelization in Bangkok.

Mr. Childress has been a member of Third Presbyterian Church since 1980.   He served on Governor George Allen’s Advisory Board for a Safe & Drug Free Virginia, is a former member of the Rotary Club of Richmond and currently serves as a trustee of the Des Plaines Publishing Charitable Trust and the Richmond Christian Leadership Institute.

Contact Information
Email: bchildress@needleseye.org
Phone: 804.358.1283
Fax: 804.358-1286
Mail:
Needle's Eye Ministries, Inc.
104 Berrington Court
Richmond, VA 23221