Our Pastor is the Reverend James H. Brown, Sr.

Pastor Brown was born in Newark, New Jersey to the late Bishop Heber Brown, Sr., and Mother Beatrice Anthony Brown. He was blessed to be born into and nurtured by a loving spiritual family.

At a very early age Pastor Brown accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal savior and began an active pursuit of walking with God. He served in various areas of ministry at Brown's Chapel Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey. In the summer of 1989 he accepted the call to ministry and preached his initial sermon in September 1989.

The following year, Pastor Brown united with the Second Baptist Church in Long Branch, New Jersey, and served as an associate minister under the leadership of Pastor C. P. Williams.

Pastor Brown is a gifted preacher, teacher, psalmist, and musician.

He is a graduate of Monmouth College in West Long Branch, New Jersey, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. He received his graduate theological training at the Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Philadelphia Pennsylvania and New York Theological Seminary in New York City, Master of Divinity Programs.

In 1994 Pastor Brown was called to serve as the second pastor of the United Fellowship Baptist Church, Asbury Park, New Jersey. He immediately moved this young congregation from the idea of "Coming in on broken pieces" to "Embarking on new beginnings by faith." Numerous ministries were formed and revitalized under the leadership of Pastor Brown. Many souls were won for the kingdom, and United has grown spiritually and numerically.

Pastor Brown also serves as president of Renaissance Ministries; an association of churches united under the central focus of making impact and changing lives in the church and community through education, empowerment, and economics.

He is married to the love of his life, the former Marilyn Hampton: and they have three lovely children James Jr., Kristen, and Jerell.