{"id":125,"date":"2022-07-12T20:34:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T02:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/prisonministries\/?page_id=125"},"modified":"2022-07-13T09:49:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T15:49:28","slug":"pastor-i-r-f-brown","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/prisonministries\/our-team\/pastor-i-r-f-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastor I. R. F. Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;126&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>Pastor I. R. F. Brown<\/h1>\n<h3>Regional Director<\/h3>\n<p>Pastor I.R.F. Brown serves as pastor of Brown Memorial Temple Church of God In Christ, located in the city of Pomona, California.\u00a0 He had previously served as co-pastor from 1997 until 2003.\u00a0 Brown Memorial Temple is celebrating fifty (50) years of continuous service in the City of Pomona.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JURISDICTIONAL:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pastor I.R.F. Brown has the privilege of serving the Church of God In Christ on the jurisdictional and national level in the following capacity:<\/p>\n<p>Executive Administrative Assistant of the California Southern Evangelistic Jurisdiction under the leadership of Bishop C.E. Milton.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jurisdictional Secretary of the Southern California Evangelistic Jurisdiction under the leadership of Bishop C.E. Milton.<\/li>\n<li>Superintendent of the Headquarters District under the leadership of Bishop C.E. 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