An ordained minister for the United Methodist Church, the Reverend
Howard William Brown served in nine parishes across the country, from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles, for fifty-two years. He began his...view moreAn ordained minister for the United Methodist Church, the Reverend
Howard William Brown served in nine parishes across the country, from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles, for fifty-two years. He began his ministry in the Western Pennsylvania Conference until in 1961, a love of the wide-open spaces led him West to a small desert parish in Arizona, where he became engaged with global missions. He traveled to remote areas of South Korea and Japan along with a team of Conference delegates to spread the word of Jesus Christ in other cultures. From1968 to 1973, Reverend Brown performed the first of many biblical dramatizations in a theater-in-the-round style chancel in South Pasadena. A member of the Southern California [en dash] Hawaii Conference, he also served churches in Riverside and San Diego counties, delivering his message on the vitality of life beyond earth. Throughout his remarkable tenure, Reverend Brown focused on a deep commitment to ecumenical and educational ministries, and a love of the natural environment that led to thirty-seven years of backpacking trips into the Grand Canyon. He graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan University with a B.A. in psychology, and earned his ministerial degree from Drew Seminary.view less