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Monty Brown, a West Virginia Wesleyan College alumnus who found his calling in pastoral ministry after a 15-year legal career, will speak at the annual Homecoming Chapel Service. The event is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 13, at 10 a.m.
Brown, a 1974 graduate, earned a Bachelor of Arts in Bible and Religion from Wesleyan before attending law school. He was admitted to the West Virginia State Bar in 1977 and practiced law for 15 years in Marion County, including serving two terms as the elected prosecuting attorney.
In 1992, Brown embraced his call to pastoral ministry and attended The Methodist Theological School in Ohio. He was ordained as an elder in the United Methodist Church and served in active pastoral ministry for 25 years before retiring.
Now an artist represented by Gallery Eleven, Brown has many people wondering if this lawyer turned pastor turned artist will ever decide what to be when he grows up.
Throughout his journey, he was blessed with 50 years of marriage to his late wife, Jane Wentz Brown, and has two children, Josh and Bethany, and five grandchildren. Since retiring from active pastoral ministry, Brown occasionally fills in at pulpits but is clear that he is no longer a preacher. He considers himself a storyteller.
