Michael L. Brown

Brown, who was raised Jewish and holds Fundamentalist Pentecostal views, is president and professor of practical theology at FIRE School of Ministry in Concord, NC. He has also served as visiting professor of Old Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois and visiting professor of Jewish apologetics at Fuller Theological Seminary, School of World Mission as well as several other seminaries.{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Brown |first1=Michael L. |author-link1=Michael L. Brown |last2=Ferris Jr. |first2=Paul W. |author-link2=Paul W. Ferris Jr. |editor-last1=Longman III |editor-first1=Tremper |editor-link1=Tremper Longman III |editor-last2=Garland |editor-first2=David E. |editor-link2=David E. Garland |encyclopedia=Jeremiah, Lamentations |title=Contributors |url={{Google books|8cESDgAAQBAJ|page=PT16|plainurl=yes}} |access-date=2019-01-04 |date=2017-03-07 |publisher=Zondervan |series=The Expositor's Bible Commentary |edition=Revised |location=Grand Rapids, MI |isbn=978-0-310-53187-6}}{{,}}{{cite web |url=https://askdrbrown.org/biography/ |title=Biography |publisher=AskDrBrown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120130219/https://askdrbrown.org/biography/ |archive-date=2018-11-20 |url-status=live |access-date=2019-01-04}}{{,}}{{cite web |url=https://askdrbrown.org/academic-c-v/ |title=Academic C.V. |publisher=AskDrBrown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223212725/https://askdrbrown.org/academic-c-v/ |archive-date=2018-02-23 |url-status=live |access-date=2019-01-04}}

Between 1996 and 2000, Brown was one of the leaders in the Brownsville Revival, a Charismatic movement that began on June 18, 1995, at the Brownsville Assembly of God church in Pensacola, Florida. In 2000, though, the board removed Brown from his position as president of Brownsville Revival School of Ministry (BRSM).{{cite web|title=Major Split at Brownsville|url=http://www.sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=11041|website=Sermon Index|access-date=July 19, 2015|archive-date=January 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101234441/http://www.sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=11041|url-status=live}}{{better source needed|date=July 2023}}

In 2001, Brown started the FIRE School of Ministry, a Charismatic leadership training institute heavily influenced by the revival movement from which Brown was removed. In 2005 Brown founded another revivalist organization called ICN Ministries. The organization intends to spread the revivalist message to places like Israel, other Christian organizations, and other places where Brown has influence.{{cite web|title=Author Profile|url=http://awakening1.org/authors/michael-l-brown/|website=Awakening the One New Man|access-date=2015-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810073338/http://awakening1.org/authors/michael-l-brown/|archive-date=2015-08-10|url-status=dead}}{{better source needed|date=July 2023}}

Brown has been criticized in Charlotte by the local LGBT community for holding a rally in protest of their 2009 Charlotte Pride Festival.{{cite news |last=Comer |first=Matt |title=Indeed, God has a better way |url=http://goqnotes.com/12063/indeed-god-has-a-better-way/ |publisher=QNotes |access-date=December 28, 2013 |date=August 20, 2011 |archive-date=April 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418151809/http://goqnotes.com/12063/indeed-god-has-a-better-way/ |url-status=live }} The Southern Poverty Law Center has profiled him for his promotion of "junk science" on topics connected to sexual orientation, such as in his regular claims that, rather than being genetic, homosexuality is caused by childhood trauma, as well as his support for conversion therapy.{{Cite web

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}} In September 2012, the organization named him in their list of "30 New Activists Heading Up the Radical Right."{{cite news |title=30 New Activists Heading Up the Radical Right |url=http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2012/summer/30-to-watch |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence Report |access-date=December 29, 2013 |date=Summer 2012 |issue=146 |archive-date=December 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232926/http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2012/summer/30-to-watch |url-status=live }} In March 2014, Brown traveled to Peru to oppose the legalization of gay marriage there.{{Cite web|url=https://www.glaad.org/blog/next-anti-lgbt-export-target-peru|title=The next anti-LGBT export target: Peru|date=March 17, 2014|website=GLAAD|access-date=March 8, 2021|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126110649/https://www.glaad.org/blog/next-anti-lgbt-export-target-peru|url-status=live}} He has also defended Uganda's criminalization of homosexuality, saying that the law was necessary to fight the spread of AIDS/HIV and combat pedophilia.{{cite web |url=http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/michael-brown-defends-uganda-anti-homosexuality-law-as-necessary-to-fight-hivaids/ |title=Michael Brown Defends Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Law as Necessary to Fight HIV/AIDS | Right Wing Watch |website=www.rightwingwatch.org |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126073820/http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/michael-brown-defends-uganda-anti-homosexuality-law-as-necessary-to-fight-hivaids/ |archive-date=26 January 2018 |url-status=dead}} But he also posted on his website that he "renounces" homophobic views, such as advocated by Steven Anderson (who called for the death penalty for homosexuals){{Cite web |title=18 Anti-Gay Groups and Their Propaganda |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2010/18-anti-gay-groups-and-their-propaganda |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |date=November 4, 2010 |language=en |archive-date=July 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717205833/http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/winter/the-hard-liners |url-status=live }} and said that "gay people should be treated with respect and dignity".{{cite web |url=https://askdrbrown.org/library/renouncing-christian-homo-hatred |title=Renouncing 'Christian' Homo-hatred |date=June 28, 2016 |website=Ask Dr. Brown |access-date=November 11, 2017 |archive-date=November 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111095009/https://askdrbrown.org/library/renouncing-christian-homo-hatred |url-status=live }} {{cite web |url=https://askdrbrown.org/library/let%E2%80%99s-help-lauren-daigle-rather-condemn-her |title=Let's Help Lauren Daigle Rather Than Condemn Her |date=December 4, 2018 |website=Ask Dr. Brown |access-date=December 8, 2018 |quote=I have been marked by major leftwing groups (including the SPLC, the HRC, and GLAAD) as one of the most dangerous, vicious, homophobic, transphobic voices in America, and the secular media has been warned to stay away from me. (For me, these accusations and attacks, while sad in themselves, are truly a badge of honor. See Matthew 5:10-12.) |archive-date=December 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209124420/https://askdrbrown.org/library/let%E2%80%99s-help-lauren-daigle-rather-condemn-her |url-status=live }}

Brown was criticized for citing the white supremacist website Stormfront in an article "asking whether it was time for another Jesus Movement among Jewish millennials".{{cite web |url=https://stream.org/jesus-movement-jewish-millennials/ |last=Brown |first=Michael L. |title=Is It Time for a New Jesus Movement Among Jewish Millennials? |publisher=Life Outreach International |date=November 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427013602/https://stream.org/jesus-movement-jewish-millennials/ |archive-date=April 27, 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=April 27, 2019}}{{better source needed|date=July 2023}} He apologized, saying he was not aware what the site was.{{cite web |url=https://askdrbrown.org/library/when-social-media-explodes-over-editing-oversight |title=When Social Media Explodes Over an Editing Oversight |date=November 9, 2017 |website=Ask Dr. Brown |access-date=November 11, 2017 |archive-date=November 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110114502/https://askdrbrown.org/library/when-social-media-explodes-over-editing-oversight |url-status=live }}

Brown holds to Arminian and Jewish tenets.{{sfn|Witzki|2010}}{{sfn|Glynn|2011}}

In December 2024, allegations were raised against Brown by a former FIRE School of Ministry employee, identified by the pseudonym "Erin".{{cite news |last=Hopkins |first=Rebecca |title=Michael Brown Faces Sexual Misconduct Allegations; Ministry Hires Third-Party Investigator |date=December 2, 2024 |work=The Roys Report |url=https://julieroys.com/michael-brown-faces-sexual-misconduct-allegations-ministry-hires-third-party-investigator/ |access-date=December 6, 2024 }}{{cite news |last=Blair |first=Leonardo |title=Michael Brown admits to 'lack of judgment' as woman accuses him of sexual misconduct |date=December 3, 2024 |work=The Christian Post |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/michael-brown-accused-of-sexual-misconduct.html |access-date=December 6, 2024 }} Erin alleged that Brown engaged in inappropriate interactions, including hand-holding, swats on the backside, and kisses on the lips, during her employment at the ministry.

Brown denied any sexual misconduct but admitted to "a definite lack of judgment" in his interactions with Erin. He described the relationship as nonsexual and familial.{{cite web |title=Official Statement from Dr. Michael Brown |date=December 3, 2024 |work=The Stream |url=https://stream.org/official-statement-from-dr-michael-brown/ |access-date=December 6, 2024 }}{{cite web |title=Morning Rundown: Michael Brown's Response to Inappropriate Relationship Allegations |date=December 4, 2024 |work=Charisma |url=https://mycharisma.com/culture/morning-rundown-michael-browns-response-to-inappropriate-relationship-allegations/ |access-date=December 6, 2024 }} In response, The Line of Fire Board launched a third-party investigation, with a commitment to publicly releasing the results.

• How Saved Are We?: Has the Church Fallen Asleep in the Enemy's Lap? (1990) {{ISBN|978-1560430551}}
• Our Hands Are Stained with Blood: The Tragic Story of the Church and the Jewish People (1992) {{ISBN|978-1560430681}}
• It's Time to Rock the Boat: A Call to God's People to Rise Up and Preach a Confrontational Gospel (1993) {{ISBN|978-1560431060}}
• The End of the American Gospel Enterprise (1993) {{ISBN|978-1560430025}}
• Israel's Divine Healer (1995) {{ISBN|978-0310200291}}
• Let No One Deceive You: Confronting the Critics of Revival (1997) {{ISBN|978-1560436935}}
• Go and Sin No More: A Call to Holiness (1999) {{ISBN|978-0615730196}}
• Revolution!: The Call to Holy War (2000) {{ISBN|978-0830726400}}
• {{cite book |title=Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus |url=https://the-eye.eu/public/concen.org/01052018_updates/Conflict%20between%20Judaism%20and%20Christianity%20-%20Collection%204/ |type=file listing |location=Ada, MI |publisher=Baker Books |access-date=2019-01-05 |archive-date=January 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105061546/https://the-eye.eu/public/concen.org/01052018_updates/Conflict%20between%20Judaism%20and%20Christianity%20-%20Collection%204/ |url-status=dead }}
• # {{cite book |title=General and Historical Objections |url=https://archive.org/details/answeringjewisho00mich |format=PDF |volume=1 |date=2000 |isbn=978-0-8010-6063-2 |access-date=2019-01-05 |last1=Brown |first1=Michael L. |publisher=Baker Books }}
• # {{cite book |title=Theological Objections |url=https://archive.org/details/answeringjewisho00mich |format=PDF |volume=2 |date=2000 |isbn=978-0-8010-6334-3 |access-date=2019-01-05 |url-access=registration |last1=Brown |first1=Michael L. |publisher=Baker Publishing }}
• # {{cite book |title=Messianic Prophecy Objections |url=https://archive.org/details/answeringjewisho00mich |format=PDF |volume=3 |date=2003 |isbn=978-0-8010-6423-4 |access-date=2019-01-05 |url-access=registration |last1=Brown |first1=Michael L. |publisher=Baker Publishing }}
• # {{cite book |title=New Testament Objections |url=https://archive.org/details/answeringjewisho00mich |format=PDF |volume=4 |date=2006 |isbn=978-0-8010-6426-5 |access-date=2019-01-05 |url-access=registration |last1=Brown |first1=Michael L. |publisher=Baker Publishing }}
• # {{cite book |title=Traditional Jewish Objections |url=https://the-eye.eu/public/concen.org/01052018_updates/Conflict%20between%20Judaism%20and%20Christianity%20-%20Collection%204/Brown%20-%20Answering%20Jewish%20Objections%20to%20Jesus%2C%20Vol.%205%3B%20Traditional%20Jewish%20Objections%20(2009).epub |format=EPUB |volume=5 |date=2010 |isbn=978-1-881022-86-2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105135359/https://the-eye.eu/public/concen.org/01052018_updates/Conflict%20between%20Judaism%20and%20Christianity%20-%20Collection%204/Brown%20-%20Answering%20Jewish%20Objections%20to%20Jesus%2C%20Vol.%205%3B%20Traditional%20Jewish%20Objections%20(2009).epub |archive-date=2019-01-05 |url-status=live |access-date=2019-01-05|last1=Brown |first1=Michael L. |publisher=Baker Books }}
• The Revival Answer Book: Rightly Discerning the Contemporary Revival Movements (2001) {{ISBN|978-0830726417}}
• What Do Jewish People Think about Jesus?: And Other Questions Christians Ask about Jewish Beliefs, Practices, and History (2007) {{ISBN|978-0800794262}}
• A Time for Holy Fire: Preparing the Way for Divine Visitation (2008) {{ISBN|978-0981530413}}
• 60 Questions Christians Ask About Jewish Beliefs and Practices (2011) {{ISBN|978-0800795047}}
• A Queer Thing Happened to America: And What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been (2011) {{ISBN|978-0615406091}}
• The Real Kosher Jesus: Revealing the Mysteries of the Hidden Messiah (2012) {{ISBN|978-1621360070}}
• Hyper-Grace: Exposing the Dangers of the Modern Grace Message (2014) {{ISBN|978-1621365891}}
• Can You Be Gay and Christian?: Responding With Love and Truth to Questions About Homosexuality (2014) {{ISBN|978-1621365938}}
• Authentic Fire: A Response to John MacArthur's Strange Fire (2015)
• Jezebel's War With America: The Plot to Destroy Our Country and What We Can Do to Turn the Tide (2019) {{ISBN|978-1629996660}}

• Jeremiah--Ezekiel (The Expositor's Bible Commentary) (2010) with Tremper Longman III, David E. Garland, Paul Ferris Jr. {{ISBN|978-0-310-23499-9}}
• Tree of Life Version (2014) with Jeffrey Seif et al. {{ISBN|978-0-9907081-1-7}}
• Breaking the Stronghold of Food: How We Conquered Food Addictions and Discovered a New Way of Living (2017) With his wife Nancy Brown
• Not Afraid of the Antichrist: Why We Don't Believe in a Pre-Tribulation Rapture (2019) with Craig S. Keener {{ISBN|978-0-8007-9916-8}}

• Oxford Dictionary of Jewish Religion
• Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament.

[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbINn3x-intLp88Zrf8acpg ASKDrBrown] - Youtube channel

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• {{cite web |language=en |last=Witzki |first=Steve |title=Messianic Jewish Scholar Dr. Michael L. Brown Affirms Conditional Security |website=Society of Evangelical Arminians |date=2010-09-11 |access-date=2019-01-05 |url=http://evangelicalarminians.org/messianic-jewish-scholar-michael-brown-affirms-conditonal-security/}}

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• {{Official website|http://askdrbrown.org/|name=Michael Brown's Website}} {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104132350/https://askdrbrown.org/ |date=2019-01-04}} Retrieved 2019-01-05.
• {{cite web |url=http://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/ |title=Michael Brown Articles – Political Columnist & Commentator |publisher=Townhall |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102030735/http://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/ |archive-date=2019-01-02 |url-status=live |access-date=2019-01-05}}
• {{cite web |url=https://stream.org/author/michaelbrown/ |title=Michael Brown |publisher=Life Outreach International |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222053020/https://stream.org/author/michaelbrown/ |archive-date=2018-12-22 |url-status=live |access-date=2019-01-05}}

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