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Celebration of Life
For
ARCHBISOP ROY EDWARD BROWN
(Photo in Clergy purple shirt)
SUNDAY, THE TENTH OF JUNE, SEVEN O’CLOCK POST MERIDIEM
MONDAY, THE ELEVENTH OF JUNE, SEVEN O’CLOCK POST MERIDIEM
Pilgrim Church Renaissance Convention Center
1338-40 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11221
The Most Reverend Eugene James Blount
Officiant
The Most Reverend William Hudson, III
Presiding Prelate
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HIS EMINENCE
ORDER OF WORSHIP
Sunday, June 10th
ORGAN PRELUDE
FACILITATOR
The Most Reverend George Malachi Shorts
Pilgrim Cathedral of East New York
Brooklyn, NY
THE PROCESSIONAL
Senior Pastors
Adjutant General
Episcopal Vicars
Senior Pastor of Pilgrim Church
Bishops
Archbishops
The Brown Family
The Sealing of the Bier
THE INVOCATION
Pastor Garelle Solomon
The Excelling Church
Queens Village, NY
THE OLD TESTAMENT READING
Elder Carolyn Holmes
Pilgrim Church
Brooklyn, NY
THE NEW TESTAMENT READING
Minister Emel Washington
Pilgrim Church
Brooklyn, NY
REMARKS
Bishop Albert Jamison
Pastor Ann Storey Pratt
Bishop Donald Oliver
The Hymn “My Faith Has Found A Resting Place”
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REMARKS
Bishop C. N. Edwers
Bishop Clarence Williams
Bishop Jacqueline McCullough
SELECTION
The Choir
REMARKS
Sister Tiwana Brown
Sister Pamela Green
Deacon Richard Cordy
THE RESOLUTION
Minister Diane Kirby
Pilgrim Church
Brooklyn, NY
THE OBITUARY
Silently Read
THE SERMONIC SOLO
Elder Melaine Rochford
The Eulogy The Most Reverend Robert Joel Rochford
Chief Prelate
Dunamis Covenant Connection
The Recessional
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THE LEGACY OF GOD’S GENERAL
Archbishop Roy Edward Brown made his entrance into God’s world
on February 28, 1943 in Birmingham, Alabama to the late Ollie Mae
Shelton-Brown. He was the third of six children.
His formative years were spent in Birmingham with his grandmother
and there he received his early education in the public school system.
He attended St. Paul Methodist Church in Birmingham under the
pastorate of the late Reverend Wilson. At the young age of six, he
accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior.
At the age of thirteen, he and his family moved to New York where he
completed his education at the John Jay High School. It was there-
that his gift for singing was discovered. He began formal training in
voice (opera) and music. It was in the boiler room of that same school
he was filled with the Holy Ghost. He later joined the Mt. Ollie Baptist
Church where the late Reverend R. D. Brown was the pastor.
At the age of seventeen, he acknowledged his call to the ministry and
later began evangelizing. He was ordained a minister in April, 1964,
and in 1965 he accepted his first pastorate at the First Baptist Church
of Deer Park in Long Island, New York where he pastored for one year.
Archbishop Brown met and married Telia Ruff, and to this union was
born one child, Tiwana Elizabeth Brown.
In 1966 he became pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Church, then located in
the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York.
His passion for soul winning included radio broadcasts, crusades, tent
revivals and many other avenues of outreach. He was a man of great
faith, love, prayer, hospitality, excellence and generosity. He also was
a man of vision-. In addition to preaching, teaching and singing he
was gifted in decorating, negotiating, producing and directing and he
had a great love for teaching etiquette and the art of fashion.
Archbishop Brown has been amically titled, “A Man after God’s own
Heart”- “A Man with a Vision”, “The Alabama Special”, “The
Singing and Praying Preacher” as well as the “Gatekeeper of the
City”. His pulpit was open to many up and coming Bishops, Pastors,
Ministers, and Evangelists. He also ministered to vast congregations
of various denominations.
Archbishop Roy Edward Brown
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He was consecrated as Bishop, July 18, 1990 and established the
Pilgrim Assemblies International, Inc. on that same day. Pilgrim
Assemblies is a Christian Reformation presently composed of
churches throughout the United State, the Caribbean, South Africa
and West Africa.
He was elevated to the office of Archbishop, March 27, 1996. On
July 12, 1998 – the Pilgrim Church relocated to a larger worship
facility in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn (formerly the
Pilgrim Church Renaissance Convention Center).
In 1998, Archbishop Brown met and married the love of his life,
Paula Scarlett- she was his loving and devoted companion, friend
and caregiver.
Archbishop Brown served on many Community Board of Directors,
and received many certificates, proclamations and honors from civic,
political and religious organizations.
The Pilgrim Cathedral of Harlem exists because of God’s grace and
the vision that He gave to one man, the Honorable Archbishop Roy
E. Brown, the Chief Prelate of Pilgrim Assemblies International. God
gave him the mandate to plant churches, and in obedience to the voice
of God, the process began.
Archbishop Brown became ill in 2005 and thereafter continued to
have serious medical challenges, some life threatening, but God
sustained him. When asked how he felt, he would almost always
answer “WONDERFUL.”
In 2011, God led him to install as pastor a daughter of the ministry,
De’Bora A. Crowe of New York. He later consecrated and appointed,
Archbishop William Hudson, III to lead Pilgrim Assemblies
International, Inc.
Before taking him home on Saturday, June 2, God breathed into
Archbishop Brown a breath of new life which he used to refresh,
remind, and give some final instructions to Pilgrim Church and
Pilgrim Assemblies International, Inc.
Archbishop Roy Edward Brown leaves to cherish his memories his
devoted wife; Paula Brown; his daughter, Tiwana E. Brown; Sister;
Yvonne Fields; Spiritual sons and daughters; and a host of nieces,
nephews, godchildren, relatives, and devoted church family and friends.
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“And now, brethren, I command you to God and to take the word of grace, which is able to
build you up and give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. I have shewed
you all things, how that so laboring ye ought to support the weak, and remember the words of
the Lord Jesus- how he said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive”. Acts 20:32, 35.
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HIS EMINENCE
ORDER OF WORSHIP
Monday, June 11th
ORGAN PRELUDE
THE PROCESSIONAL
The Senior Pastors
The Adjutant General
The Episcopal Vicars
The Senior Pastor of Pilgrim Church
The Bishops
The Archbishops
The Brown Family
The Sealing of the Bier
The Hymn “My Hope Is In The Lord”
THE INVOCATION
The Right Reverend Brandon Antony Jacobs
New Zion Temple Church
Hammond, IN
THE OLD TESTAMENT READING
The Right Reverend Julius Anthony Sloane
New Day Christian Fellowship
Jamaica, NY
THE NEW TESTAMENT READING
Elect-Lady Designate Mable Allen
Rhema Church of the Living God
Detroit, MI
The Gospel Reading
The Right Reverend Sieon Chontel Roberts
New Hope Church
Gary, IN
The Hymn “Jesus Only”
The Resolutions and Acknowledgement of Civic and Religious Leaders
Bishop-Designate Edward D. Rockett, Jr.
Greater Tabernacle M.B. Church
Chicago, IL
General Secretary Pilgrim Assemblies International, Inc.
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Reverend Al Sharpton
The President, National Action Network
REMARKS: The Friends of Pilgrim
Bishop Liston Page, Sr.
Apostle Huie L. Rogers
Archbishop J. Delano Ellis, II
The Selection
Pilgrim Assemblies International
Mass Choir
REMARKS: The Sons of Pilgrim
The Right Reverend Ronald Hopkins
Pilgrim Cathedral of Harlem
New York, NY
The Right Reverend Michael Turpin
Harvest Church International
Jamaica, NY
The Right Reverend Elijah Bernard Jordan
Zoe' Ministries
New York, NY
The Selection
Pilgrim Assemblies International
Mass Choir
REMARKS
The Wife of Archbishop Brown
Lady Paula Brown
THE SERMONIC SOLO
Evangelist Lorraine Stancil-Lawson
The Eulogy The Most Reverend William Hudson III
Presiding Prelate, Pilgrim Assemblies International, Inc.
The Recessional
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Grace and peace be unto you from God our father and the
Lord Jesus Christ,
I would like to thank God for the opportunity and privilege of
being the wife to Archbishop Roy E. Brown for over 22
years. It was a huge honor to be a part of this amazing
journey. Archbishop Roy E. Brown is the founder and was
the chief prelate of Pilgrim Assemblies International, as well
as the former Pastor of Pilgrim Father Church. Archbishop
Roy E. Brown was a true example of a man of God who
could calm the masses! The anointing has been so great on
his life from childhood that teachers used him to keep the
peace during school riots.
Throughout his life many were healed, saved, set free and
delivered by the anointing of Jesus Christ. The presence and
power of God was so mighty during Church services, that it
would take us out of flesh and leave us weeping and
worshiping, unaware of time or what others thought. He
would often say, “I’ve overcome public opinion.” Crusades,
revivals and tent services tapped into another dimension of
God's power and glory. As he preached the presence of God
was demonstrated in every sermon and the prophetic would
astonish the crowds! There was no denying the power of the
Holy Ghost fire on this man of God! Blind eyes were opened.
As he preached in season and out, the lame walked, demons
fled, the sick and broken hearted were healed just like in Luke
4:18 which says, “The spirit of the Lord is upon me because
he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath
sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to
the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind to set at
liberty them that are bruised.”
Archbishop Brown was a humble man and before preaching
he would often say, “I am a dummy and if God doesn’t anoint
me to speak then I have nothing to say!” He taught us to fast,
pray, worship and in everything give thanks! (I Thessalonians
5:18.) He was dedicated to the authenticity of the word of
God! He would later start the “Scripture Church” to
emphasize the Bible as the priority for all things! John 1:1-4,
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God
and the Word was God, The same was in the beginning with
God. He made all things, and without him was not any thing
made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the
light of men.”
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Another aspect of his ministry dealt with choosing men and woman of God to be leaders, pastors and
bishops worldwide even when they had not chosen that route for themselves! Archbishop Roy E. Brown
continued to lift up the name of Jesus while keeping the body of Christ focused on kingdom building.
Churches were planted, leaders were appointed and souls came to the Lord! Archbishop Roy E. Brown
would say, “If God said it, then he will do it!” Those same sentiments led him to have a radio broadcast,
telecasts, produce plays, direct and conduct choirs and orchestras, create songs, and have performances at
Carnegie Hall, purchase buildings, tents, antique furniture, buses, trucks, and even an ambulance, all for
the people of God!
He was a man of great vision, which led to the opening of Pilgrim Christian Academy where young lives
were impacted with an academic and spiritual educational experience! His daily reminders from 1
Corinthians 10:31, “Whatever you do in word or deed, do it all to the glory of God with a spirit of
excellence” made us all want to do and be ten times better just like in Daniel 1:20 which says, “And in all
matters of wisdom and understanding that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better”...
There are so many more achievements, visions and accomplishments of Archbishop Roy E. Brown,
including his exquisite taste for food, fashion, and interior decorating! If I were to write a book about all
the great things my husband achieved there would simply not be enough pages to contain them! His legacy
will continue to live on in the hearts and minds of all of us. This is a man who trusted God in everything,
believed God for anything, and worshiped God no matter what the circumstance! Even in the latter years,
his sicknesses never caused him to waiver, doubt, murmur, complain or blame God. He continued to be
active in ministry all the while keeping the faith in God to do the impossible! Luke 1:37 “For with God
nothing shall be impossible.”
Archbishop Roy E. Brown lived and believed wholeheartedly the word of God; and according to II
Timothy 4:7, “He fought a good fight, he stayed the course, and he kept the faith.” I will forever cherish
the memories that changed our lives to be true Christians by his love of God. After a long battle with
illness, our gift to the body of Christ His Eminence fell asleep on June 2, 2018. II Samuel 7:12: “And when
thy days be fulfilled and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall
proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.”
On behalf of my husband and I, we would like to thank to everyone, especially Pastor De'Bora Crowe for
the love, prayers, support and kindness, during this wonderful assignment to God's faithful anointed leader,
teacher, preacher and prophet.
To my dear husband, my friend, my pastor, my heart; II Timothy 4:8 “Henceforth there is laid up for you a
crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge shall give you….”
Rest on, our good and faithful servant! I will always treasure the love we shared.
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Acknowledgement
The family of the late Archbishop Roy E. Brown; Senior Pastor, De'Bora
A. Crowe; Archbishop William Hudson, III; and the congregation of the
Pilgrim Church wishes to acknowledge with deep appreciation, the many
comforting messages, prayers and other expressions of kindness and
concerns evidenced in thought and deed. May the Almighty God reward
your kindness with a greater measure.
Interment TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2018
Motorcade from the Renaissance Convention Center at 9:30 am
Cemetery of the Evergreens
Brooklyn, New York
Professional Services Entrusted To: SAMPSON FUNERAL SERVICE, INC.
2601 Pitkin Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11208
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Archbishop William Hudson, III, Presiding Prelate, Pilgrim Assemblies International, Inc.
The Late Archbishop Roy E. Brown, Founder, Pilgrim Assemblies International, Inc.
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