Rev. Dr. Gary L. Brown was called to be the fifteenth pastor of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church on August 19, 2012. He accepted the call which was effective September 1, 2012. That was truly an exciting day in the history of this church. Pastor Brown has been ministering and has been responsible for casting the vision for the congregation and preaching and teaching in order to develop mature disciples of Jesus Christ.
Pastor Brown is a native of El Paso, Texas and a product of Prince George’s County Public School System in Maryland. While at North Carolina Central University, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and a master’s degree in education, with a concentration in higher education administration. He later earned a doctorate in leadership studies from North Carolina. A&T University in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Pastor Brown is the proud father of two children, Kyndall and Joshua Brown and the husband of Anita Branch Brown.