LEADERSHIP
A CHURCH WITH A VISION OF GOOD HOPE
OUR CHURCH LEADERSHIP
Pastor Joseph R. Brown, Sr.
Pastor
Pastor Joseph R. Brown, Sr. is an Ordained Itinerant Elder in the AME Church. He is a native of Coosaw Island, Beaufort, SC. He is married to Carolyn B. Brown and is the very proud father of four beautiful daughters and a son, Victoria Moriah, Janelle Chastity, JoAnna Elizabeth, ViVianne Carol and Joseph Ray, Jr.
Pastor Brown served as a pastor in the 7th Episcopal District for 20 years. During his 20 years of ministry, he held a pastorate at four charges prior to coming to the 2nd Episcopal District where he currently serves. He served as Pastor of James Chapel AME, Lugoff, SC (six years); Mount Hebron AME, Prosperity, SC (five years); Pleasant Grove AME, Newberry, SC (six years) and Greater Mt. Pisgah AME, St. Matthew, SC (three years). At all pastoral appointment, young people became involved, intergenerational ministry with our elderly took place and a significant amount of men either joined and or returned to the churches. The fruit especially of the men have remained. He was asked to preach the Pastor’s Anniversary at his first charge in April 2016 and saw many of the men still in place serving in the household of faith. Truly, to God be the glory.
Rev. Dr. Charles M. Walker
Minister of the Gospel
Rev. Dr. Charles Walker, Retired A.M.E. Pastor of the Baltimore Conference, grew up in Annapolis, MD, and was educated in Anne Arundel County Schools. He is also a retired School Teacher after having taught for 33 years in the Anne Arundel County Public School System. Rev. Dr. Walker attended Maryland State College where he earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Science in 1965. After teaching for many years and working and serving at Asbury Broadneck United Methodist Church, he accepted the call to ministry, and enrolled at the Howard University School of Divinity where in 1994 he earned his Master of Divinity Degree. He received his Doctorate of Ministry degree in 1996 from the Family Bible Seminary in Baltimore, MD. In 1998, Rev. Dr. Walker was ordained as an Itinerant Elder in the Washington Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
