| A statement from Dr.
Michael L. Brown to all graduates,
students, friends, and supporters of the
Brownsville Revival School of Ministry
regarding my firing on December 17th,
2000: I was
shocked and saddened to read the “Official
Statement of the Board of Directors of
Brownsville Revival School of Ministry”
posted on the school’s website (www.brsm.org)
on December 20th. In the
interest of the Body of Christ, the
Brownsville Assembly of God, and above
all, our precious BRSM students and
grads, I will not reply to this statement
in detail. I will only say that it
presents a totally misleading picture of
me, my character, and my relationship to
the school board and Pastor Kilpatrick.
To say any more would force me to cause
further division and pain, and I will not
do that. Rather, despite my sadness over
this statement, I bless the Board of
Directors and continue to love them
deeply, recognizing their desire to
please the Lord.
I would rather live
with false accusations than bite and
devour and divide. It is a small price to
pay on my part if it will help preserve
the unity of the Body, and perhaps it
will encourage those who find themselves
in similar situations to respond in kind.
After all, is this not the example left
for us by Jesus? (See 1 Peter 2:23.)
As to misconceptions
that will arise due to the board’s
statement, I rest confidently in the fact
that God Himself knows the whole story.
He was there in every meeting, He has
heard every word spoken, and He knows my
heart (Luke 8:17). I also take great
comfort in the fact that the students and
grads of BRSM know me very well. We are a
close-knit family, and we have spent many
hours together – praying,
worshiping, laughing, crying, learning,
sharing – and they can judge for
themselves whether the picture painted in
the official statement reflects the man
they know. I will let them, along with
the faculty who has labored so
sacrificially with me for these many
years, make their own decisions and do
what is right before the Lord.
Within the next 24
hours, I will post answers to some of the
many questions that have arisen in recent
days (www.icnministries.org).
To the student
body looking to us to continue teaching,
training, equipping and sending – to
America and to the nations – I
simply say this: We are here for you, we
would never abandon you, and everything
will continue with us as promised and
expected.
THE BEST IS YET TO COME.
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