Pastor Roger Brown
Reverend Roger
Raphael Brown, the Pastor of the Greater White Stone Missionary Baptist Church
of Memphis, TN has been married to the former Emma J. Mills for 30 years and is
the proud father of four children, LaKeela Marie, Jacqueline Betty, Raphael
Vincent & Raquel Vernice, grandfather of four, two nephews, William & James by
legal custody and has one son-in-law, Antwane.
Reverend Roger R. Brown acknowledged his Ministry in 1977 at the Conant Avenue United Methodist Church under the leadership of Reverend William E. Teague. He was licensed in the Ministry in 1982 at the St. James Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit, MI, under the leadership of Reverend Charles Nicks, Jr., where he served as Director of Christian Education in 1983. Reverend Brown served as Associated Minister of Brentwood Baptist Church of Houston, TX under the leadership of the Reverend Joe Ratliff from 1986-87. He also served as Associate Minister of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Westwood, Memphis, TN in 1988 under the leadership of Dr. James L. Netters, where he was ordained in the ministry in in 1990. He served as Assistant Pastor of Mt. Vernon from 1990-1995, where he was Director of Men’s Ministry from 1996-2008. In 2008, Reverend Brown co-pastored Mt. Gilead Ministries, Memphis, TN under the leadership of Bishop Charles E. Cartwright, where he was in charge of Teaching, Preaching, Director of Ministries, Director of the School of Wisdom, Implemented church software, and officers training program, new members program, church leadership conference, and asked to assist the Pastor during a period of illness, to help bring order to the ministry.
In his Ministerial Related Studies, Reverend Brown served as a Delegate to the Sunday School Congress of Christian Education, National Baptist Convention, USA Inc., and earned a Second Level Certificate from 1981 –1983. From 1990 – 1997, Reverend Brown received a Second Level Certificate from the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. From 1988-2008, he served as a Christian Training Institute Instructor at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church- Westwood. From 1990 to the present, Reverend Brown has attended the Leadership Network Seminar, Phoenix. AR, Promise Keepers, Dallas, TX and Promise Keepers, Memphis. TN (Ministers Task Force), Baptist Assembly of Free Spirit Churches where he served as Registrar, Full Gospel Baptist Churches, Gospel Music Workshop of America, Life Focus ’93 Memphis Steering Committee, Basic Life Youth Conflicts Seminar (Advance and Ministers Workshop, Trinity Hospice Care, Hampton Institute Minister’s and Choral Directors Seminary, Hampton University, and attended a variety of additional local workshops and conferences.
Reverend Brown is a graduate of LeMoyne Owen College, receiving a Bachelor of Business Administration, he graduated cum laude in 2013. He is currently enrolled in the Master of Theology Program at the Memphis Theological Seminary, Memphis, TN.
On November 21, 2010, Greater White Stone Missionary Baptist Church elected Reverend Roger R. Brown as the 5th Pastor in 85 years to served as leader of the congregation. He won the election by a landslide vote of the membership.
Since Reverend Brown has been pastor of Greater White Stone, the membership has grown by leaps and bounds. The gospel is being preached and souls are being saved. The Pastor has appointed several members who were formerly called “bench members” to work in the church and they are doing so with much vigor and enthusiasm. Reverend Brown never forgets a face. He is a people’s person.
Reverend Brown’s favorite scripture is from Psalm 34….. “I will bless the Lord at all times. His praises shall continually be in my mouth.”
His favorite saying is by Jo Moutton, which says….. “Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning how to Dance in the Rain….”
Reverend Roger R. Brown acknowledged his Ministry in 1977 at the Conant Avenue United Methodist Church under the leadership of Reverend William E. Teague. He was licensed in the Ministry in 1982 at the St. James Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit, MI, under the leadership of Reverend Charles Nicks, Jr., where he served as Director of Christian Education in 1983. Reverend Brown served as Associated Minister of Brentwood Baptist Church of Houston, TX under the leadership of the Reverend Joe Ratliff from 1986-87. He also served as Associate Minister of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Westwood, Memphis, TN in 1988 under the leadership of Dr. James L. Netters, where he was ordained in the ministry in in 1990. He served as Assistant Pastor of Mt. Vernon from 1990-1995, where he was Director of Men’s Ministry from 1996-2008. In 2008, Reverend Brown co-pastored Mt. Gilead Ministries, Memphis, TN under the leadership of Bishop Charles E. Cartwright, where he was in charge of Teaching, Preaching, Director of Ministries, Director of the School of Wisdom, Implemented church software, and officers training program, new members program, church leadership conference, and asked to assist the Pastor during a period of illness, to help bring order to the ministry.
In his Ministerial Related Studies, Reverend Brown served as a Delegate to the Sunday School Congress of Christian Education, National Baptist Convention, USA Inc., and earned a Second Level Certificate from 1981 –1983. From 1990 – 1997, Reverend Brown received a Second Level Certificate from the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. From 1988-2008, he served as a Christian Training Institute Instructor at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church- Westwood. From 1990 to the present, Reverend Brown has attended the Leadership Network Seminar, Phoenix. AR, Promise Keepers, Dallas, TX and Promise Keepers, Memphis. TN (Ministers Task Force), Baptist Assembly of Free Spirit Churches where he served as Registrar, Full Gospel Baptist Churches, Gospel Music Workshop of America, Life Focus ’93 Memphis Steering Committee, Basic Life Youth Conflicts Seminar (Advance and Ministers Workshop, Trinity Hospice Care, Hampton Institute Minister’s and Choral Directors Seminary, Hampton University, and attended a variety of additional local workshops and conferences.
Reverend Brown is a graduate of LeMoyne Owen College, receiving a Bachelor of Business Administration, he graduated cum laude in 2013. He is currently enrolled in the Master of Theology Program at the Memphis Theological Seminary, Memphis, TN.
On November 21, 2010, Greater White Stone Missionary Baptist Church elected Reverend Roger R. Brown as the 5th Pastor in 85 years to served as leader of the congregation. He won the election by a landslide vote of the membership.
Since Reverend Brown has been pastor of Greater White Stone, the membership has grown by leaps and bounds. The gospel is being preached and souls are being saved. The Pastor has appointed several members who were formerly called “bench members” to work in the church and they are doing so with much vigor and enthusiasm. Reverend Brown never forgets a face. He is a people’s person.
Reverend Brown’s favorite scripture is from Psalm 34….. “I will bless the Lord at all times. His praises shall continually be in my mouth.”
His favorite saying is by Jo Moutton, which says….. “Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning how to Dance in the Rain….”
