OUR PASTOR

Bishop-Candidate Edwon D. Brown

Senior Pastor

Bishop-Candidate Edwon D. Brown is the Founding Pastor of Refuge Baptist Assembly, a Christian Church Committed to the Ministry of Reconciliation, which was organized on Sunday, December 21, 2003.

Bishop-Candidate Brown’s skillful preaching and inspirational teaching continues to Revive, Empower, And Challenge Humanity, penned as REACH. His career spans 31 years of Pastoral Leadership, having served congregations in Mount Clemens and Detroit, Michigan; Washington, D.C.; and Suitland, Maryland; serving each congregation with faithfulness and vision.

Bishop-Candidate Brown provides leadership and commits his resources with the following organizations of spiritual, social, and economic interests:

·            CEO & Chairman, Board of Directors

Refuge Baptist Assembly & Ministries

·            State Overseer

Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship of Washington, D.C.

·            Board Member, State Bishop’s Advisory Council

Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International

·            Team Leader, Mid-Atlantic Region Covenant Partners

Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International

·            Cabinet Member

Baptist Convention of D.C. & Vicinity

·            Sunday School Expositor

Missionary Baptist Ministers Conference of D.C. & Vicinity

·            Faculty Member

Baptist Educational Congress of Christian Education

·            Faculty Member

Mt. Bethel Educational Congress of Christian Education

·            City-Wide Revival & Evangelism Chairman

Baptist Convention of D.C. & Vicinity

·            Board Member

Project Give Back Inc., Washington, D.C.

·            Silver Life Member

NAACP Incorporated

Bishop-Candidate Brown provides Pastoral Mentorship for several Pastors and Congregations:

·       Elder Warren & Elder Martha Fountain, Pastors

Empowered Ambassadors Ministries, International- Fredericksburg, Virginia

·       Elder Marcus & Lady Navise Clark, Pastor

Love Fellowship Church- Topeka, Kansas

Bishop-Candidate Brown shares in marriage and ministry with his wife, the lovely First Lady Janell D. Brown (Minister in Training), and they are the proud parents of Eryn Destiny, Elyce Dionne, and Chayse Jaiden.

Education:

William Tyndale Seminary, Bachelor of Religious Education

Graduate School of Theological Studies, Master of Sacred Theology