Our Presiding Bishop
Manna From On High Ministries
We thank God for our Presiding Bishop Arthur Brown and First Lady Sis. Betty Brown.
Bishop Arthur Brown was born and raised in the City of New Orleans,
Louisiana to the proud parents of Arthur and Eloise Brown. He is
from a family of seven brothers and two sisters. Pastor Arthur Brown
married the former Betty Newsome also from New Orleans to whom
he has been married for thirty-five years. From this union, three
daughters were born, Angela, Anita, and Andrea. He also has four
grandchildren, Dante, Brittney, Amber, Joe, and one great-grandchild.
He graduated from George Washington Carver Senior High School in
New Orleans. Pastor Brown continued his education by receiving a
degree in Human Relations and Communications Management from
Vincennes College of Indiana. He is a retired Army First Sergeant
completing twenty-two and half years with the United States Army.
Bishop Brown began his preaching ministry in 1978 while on duty in
Frankfurt, West Germany. He was ordained as a pastor in 1980 by
Bishop J. V. Porter of the United Gospel Fellowship of Fayetteville,
North Carolina. While Pastor Brown was in Europe, he helped
spearhead and establish churches in Brussels, Holland, and West
Germany. After four years in Germany, he returned to the United
States
Upon his return to the United States, he united with Smyrna Baptist
Church in Columbus, Ohio under the leadership of Bishop Fred
Marshall. After serving for eight years in Columbus, Pastor Brown
relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio where he united with the New
Friendship Baptist Church under the leadership of Dr. H. L. Harvey,
Jr. After arriving in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pastor Brown united
with the New Light Temple Baptist Church under the leadership of
Pastor Garfield Garner. After a short stay with New Light Temple,
Pastor Brown was called back into pastorship at The Bethel Baptist
Church in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. In the year 2002, God spoke to
Pastor Brown and he relocated the church to the City of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. The name of the church was changed to Manna From
On High Ministries.
He is the Presiding Bishop of Manna From On High Ministries with
affiliate churches under his leadership in several cities to include:
Atlanta, GA
Columbus, Ohio
Mt. Holly, NJ
McKeesport, PA