Who is Michael J. Brown?

Michael J. Brown is the guest speaker of Episode 14 of the Covenant Bible Study on Philemon, Philippians, Colossians, and Ephesians. Here are some quick facts about him:

1. He is the President of Payne Theological Seminary in Wilberforce, Ohio. 
2. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and a Master of Divinity, and Doctor of Philosophy degree, specializing in the New Testament and Christian Origins from the University of Chicago.
3. Prior to joining Payne, Dr. Brown was Associate Professor of New Testament and Christian
   Origins at Emory University in Atlanta for 12 years. He then served as Associate Dean of Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana and was the Director of the Malcolm X Institute on Black Studies from 2011-2013.
4.  He has written four books: What They Don’t Tell You: A Survivor’s Guide to Academic Biblical Studies (2000), Blackening of the Bible: The Aims of African American Biblical Scholarship (2004), The Lord’s Prayer through North African Eyes: A Window into Early Christianity (2005), and The Lord’s Prayer and God’s Vision for the World: Finding Your Purpose through Prayer (2014). 
5. He comes from FIVE generations of ministers!