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MEET OUR PASTOR
Dr. Paul A. Brown, Senior Pastor

Pastor Paul Brown is the Senior Pastor of New Covenant Presbyterian Church. After growing up in a Christian family, he went to Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. Sensing a call to pastoral ministry during his high school years, he majored in Religion/Biblical Literature and History at TaylorUniversity. After graduating in 1978, he attended Dallas Theological Seminary majoring in pastoral ministries. Following his 1982 graduation from DTS with a Th.M. in Pastoral Ministries, he was ordained in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church after receiving a call to be the first Pastor of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Lake City, Michigan. In 1987 he became the pastor of the Dundalk Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Baltimore, Maryland. During this time, Pastor Brown also earned his D. Min. in pastoral ministries from Bethany Theological Seminary in Dothan, Alabama. He was called in 2004 to be the new senior pastor at New Covenant Presbyterian Church. During his time at New Covenant, Pastor Brown has enjoyed a fruitful ministry by faithfully expounding the Word of God and being a faithful shepherd to the saints at New Covenant. He also provides pastoral counseling to those living near the church. Pastor Brown has taken seminary students from DTS and Westminster Seminary Dallas campus (now Redeemer Seminary) under his wing as pastoral interns and has shared his extensive pastoral knowledge with them. The interns that he has worked with feel that they have received great practical knowledge and experience by working with him.

During his time as a student at DTS, Pastor Brown met Mai Smith. She worked as the switch board operator at DTS. They married on May 8, 1982. They have two wonderful adult children, a son, Aaron, and a daughter, Bethany. Paul and Mai currently reside in the beautiful town of Forney, TX. During his spare time, Paul enjoys woodworking, landscaping, and grandparenting with his wife Mai.

LEADERSHIP TEAMS

Session (Elders)
Session The session is in charge of the spiritual governance of the church. It is made up of our senior pastor and other men who are elected by the congregation to be Elders. For more on the Session, please read this excerpt from our Book of Church Order.

Diaconate (Deacons)
The Diaconate is made up of men elected by the congregation to be the overseers of the physical church facilities as well as the care of the members of the church. For more on the Diaconate, please read this excerpt from our Book of Church Order.

Trustees
The Trustees are responsible for the legal aspects of the church, such as possible sale or buying of property. They deal with the secular aspects of being a church.

Women in the Church (WIC)
Women in the Church (WIC) serves to equip women within the church to be leaders, teachers, and disciples. For more information on WIC, please visit Equip's webpage for women's ministries.