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Pastor Joshua Brown Pastor Joshua holds a BA in Religious Studies and an AA in Communications.
Pastor Joshua Brown was born in 1979 to Reverend's Glen and Carrie Brown. He was raised in Bakersfield, California. Pastor Joshua knew he was called to the ministry at an early age. He was born-again at the age of two and was filled with the Spirit and spoke in other tongues shortly after. Pastor Joshua helped his parents in the ministry even as a child. At age 9 Pastor Joshua had a supernatural experience where he heard his named called by God through the voice of the Holy Spirit. After inquiring about what God wanted Joshua was filled with the presence of God as if he was impregnated or had a bubble over his belly, it was then that his father instructed him to say out loud whatever God says to him. Pastor Joshua then began to prophesy out his future. Pastor Joshua was told by God he would be a pastor of a church. Pastor Joshua preached his first sermon at the age of ten years old. Pastor Joshua graduated from Foothill High School in 1997. He went onto Rhema Bible Training Center graduating in 2000 through the pastoral program. Pastor Joshua Brown was also in the first graduating class of a third year specialized pastoral program in 2001. Since 2001, he has been serving in ministry at City Christian Church. In 2005, pastor Joshua was licensed and ordained through Freedom Faith International by his father Reverend Glen Brown. He became very active in Prison Ministry for approximately four years preaching and teaching in local prisons. He has also been involved in international missions in years past. Pastor Joshua would go onto become the Associate Pastor in 2007 until November 7th, of 2010, when he became Senior Pastor of City Christian Church. Pastor Joshua later married his wife Molly whom he met at Bakersfield College. Pastor Joshua and Molly married on January 5th of 2013. Molly has been doing the work of the ministry with her husband Joshua ever since. Pastor Joshua is still currently the Senior Pastor of City Christian Church. |
From The Pastor's Heart To You !Jesus is the Good Shepherd, and He has given His life for us, the sheep. As an under-shepherd of the flock of Christ, I also have a heart for God's flock. This is the heart that we are all to have for the body of Christ. Jesus the example of this: He actually gave His life for the body of Christ. While Jesus actually gave up His own life, we are to give up our life in the sense of how we conduct our daily lives. We are to be His extended hands to reach the world. People in this world are the lost sheep, and we need to be willing to pull them out of the difficult ditches of life and untangle them from the fences of religion. Jesus said that a good shepherd will leave the 99 just to find the one lost sheep. This is the heart of the Good Shepherd. This is what every Christian needs to have. We also need to disciple one another like Jesus has discipled us, with a caring, patient heart that is always showing us the way, correcting us and leading us with love and tenderness. A heart that would never leave us, but always protect us from the wolves in the world. This is the heart of the Good Shepherd which we are all called to possess. We should not be so concerned about our own lives that we forget we are called to follow the example of the Good Shepherd. John 10:11 (KJV) I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. |