Apostle Shirley Robinson Brown was born and raised in West Virginia. She relocated to the state of North Carolina in 1989. She is married to Fred Edward Brown, Jr. Together they have five children and one granddaughter. Pastor Brown also has a host of godchildren from state to state.
At an early age, Shirley Brown's call to ministry was nurtured. Her grandmother, the late Evangelist Ilar Gilchrist, reared her in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Pastor Brown's Christian walk has spanned from A.M.E. and Pentecostal Holiness, to the tent services of A.A. Allen, where she received her first impartation. This significant impartation led to the revelation of the mandate of deliverance ministry upon her life.
Dr. Brown has a diverse ministerial background. She has preached, conducted workshops, taught seminars, and led retreats in numerous churches and conferences. Her missionary and Pastoral Care interests have led her to national locations to be of service.
Pastor Brown was confirmed as a Minister of the Gospel on October 18, 1996, under the ecclesiastical order of the Full Gospel Baptist Fellowship. She received her undergraduate degree in Medical Technology and has dedicated over twenty-five years of service to that profession. Her formal theological training began with Rhema Bible School where she received a certificate in Biblical Studies. She continued to study her passion for missions and completed a Missionary Candidacy from Christians in Action located in Woodland, California. Dr. Brown pursued her Master's Degree in Biblical Studies, and in 2006, she received her Doctorate in Theology from Maskil Fellowship Bible College. Dr. Brown is also certified for Pastoral Counseling.
Dr. Brown has served under the leadership of various national leaders, and locally under Bishop L. Foday Farrar in foreign missions to Africa, Mexico, and South America. Her current tutelage and apostolic covering is under Apostle Ron Carpenter Jr. of Redemption World Outreach Center in Greenville, SC. Dr. Brown's ministerial, church affiliation and spiritual covenant relationship (spiritual covering) are with Redemption Ministerial Fellowship International (RMFI) - which is under the leadership of Apostle Ron Carpenter, Redemption World Outreach Center (www.rwoc.org), and Dr. Paul Gaehring, President, RMFI. She is also in covenant relationship with Chuck Pierce, Glory of Zion, and Dale & Barbara Wentroble of International Breakthrough Ministries (IbM); and is a member of the Executive Network of IbM.
Dr. Brown stands in fellowship with many other ministries promoting unity and Kingdom-building without isms and schisms. She now serves as a spiritual mother and covering for numerous other ministries. Her love for people compels her to witness to the lost, heal the brokenhearted, give hope to the hopeless, and tear down the walls of tradition. Dr. Brown's apostolic anointing breaks yokes with her message of hope, deliverance, healing, and freedom. Her favorite scripture is Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."