Jo Brown

After a year of serving in the Central African Republic with Baptist Mid-Missions, Mike's first wife, Faye, went to be with the Lord. He was then reunited with a college friend, Jo. After they married, the Lord called them to Liberia, West Africa, with BMM. They spent three terms of service. Jo homeschooled their children and worked part time as a nurse. Mike's ministry was church planting and training Liberian pastors. Because of civil war, they were unable to return after furlough in 1989. Since that time, the Lord burdened the Browns to reach out to those whose lives have been broken and ruined by sin. They have had ministries in two North Carolina prisons and one Tennessee prison. Mike served as chaplain of a jail in southwest Virginia.

The Browns have been emeritus BMM missionaries since 2021. Mike was promoted to glory January 2024.