Education: 1970-1991 Jones Senior High School - Trenton, North Carolina Shaw University - Raleigh, North Carolina (B. A., History) Attended - Southeastern Theological Seminary - Wake Forest, N. C. Rehabilitation Institute Shaw Divinity School - Raleigh. North Carolina Experience: 1974-1991 Counselor (Kittrell College - Henderson, North Carolina) Specialist (North Carolina Department of Human Resources) Advocate (North Carolina Hunger Coalition -. Fayetteville, North Carolina) Sergeant at Arms (North Carolina Senate - Raleigh, North Carolina) Pre-Apprenticeship Representative (North Carolina Department of Labor Sanford, North Carolina) Counselor (North Carolina Division of Vocation Rehabilitation Fayetteville, then Goldsboro, North Carolina) 1971 - Present: Pastor of the following A. M. E. Zion Churches Kyles Chapel- Benson, North Carolina Avery Grove Circuit - Smithfield, North Carolina Mount. Moriah- Henderson, North Carolina Allen Chapel - Franklinton, North Carolina Andrews Chapel -. Bunnlevel, North Carolina Love Grove - Sanford, North Carolina Union Oak - Hope Mills, North Carolina Saint James - Goldsboro, North Carolina Saint Luke - Wilmington, North Carolina Evans Metropolitan - Fayetteville, North Carolina 1970 - 1976: Licensed to preach on August 19, 1970, Clinton Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, Pollocksville, North Carolina Ordained Deacon: 1973 Ordained Elder: 1976 Fraternal Membership Prince Hall Mason - Thirty-second Degree Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Consistory Number 30 NAACP
Civic and Religious Membership: 1980 - 2006 Past President - Fayetteville-Cumberland County Ministerial Council Juvenile Law Study Commission North Carolina Rehabilitation Association - Counselors' Division Alternate Delegate General Conference A. M. E. Zion Church Legislative Committee North Carolina Council of Churches Past Secretary Committee on Admissions - Cape Fear Conference A. M. E. Zion Churches Delegate General Conference - A. M. E. Zion Church Former President - Wilmington Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance Former Vice President - North Carolina Council of Churches Chairman - Finance Committee Cape Fear Conference Former President North Carolina Council of Churches 2001-2004 Former member Board of Directors Girls Inc. Former Co-chair Ministerial Roundtable City of Wilmington Convention Center Task Force Board of Directors Greater Wilmington Arts &. Cultural Alliance African American Heritage Museum Board of Directors Good Shepherd Ministries Board of Directors City of Wilmington Housing Authority Awards: 1984-2005 North Carolina Distinguish Service Award (1984) Governor's Meritorious Award Church and Community Leader (1988) Outstanding Young Men of America (1988) State of North Carolina Order of the Long Leaf Pine (1995) Cape Fear Conference Exemplary Service Award (1995) Received North Carolina Council of Churches Distinguished Service Award (May 2004) Family: Married to the former Sandra L. Phillips Son - Joseph C. Brown, Jr. Granddaughter - Jada Brown Brother - Robert J. Brown Sister-in-law - Rosetta Brown | 
