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Rev. Lea D. Brown began her ministry as the pastor of Wichita Falls MCC in November of 2005. Before that time she served as the acting executive director of the Metropolitan Community Foundation in San Francisco, a non-profit organization founded by the congregation of MCC/San Francisco to provide for the needs of the most vulnerable in the city.
Throughout the 1990s Rev. Brown was a staff member at Spectrum, Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns in Marin County, just north of San Francisco. As the program director there, she developed and coordinated an extensive Speakers Bureau and numerous community programs for GLBT youth, young adults, seniors and families. During her years in seminary, Brown served as a Chaplain Candidate (2nd Lt.) in the U.S. Army from 1988 - 1989. Rev. Brown received her education from Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, Oklahoma; Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, Mill Valley, California; and Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California. |
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Wichita Falls Metropolitan Community Church 1401 Travis Street Wichita Falls, TX 76301 Telephone: (940) 322-4100 Fax: (940) 322-4120 We worship each Sunday at 11 a.m. |
In addition to leading the foundation, Rev. Brown served as a volunteer clergy on staff at MCC/SF since her ordination there in 1996. During that time she preached, led retreats, served as the pastor of spiritual development, and taught many classes and programs on spiritual growth, and on the intersections of gender, sexuality and spirituality, and social justice.