Pastor Randy Brown became pastor of First Baptist Church on June 1, 2008. He is a graduate of Louisiana Tech University and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Prior to coming to Montesano, he served as pastor of two churches in Louisiana. He and his family also served as missionaries in
South Asia.
Randy's wife and partner in ministry is Kerri. Kerri is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University and currently serves as the church's worship leader and kids' Sunday School teacher. The Brown's have two sons: Lucas, 10, and Joshua, 8.
First Baptist Church is affiliated with the Olympic Baptist Association, a network of Southern Baptist Churches in the Olympic Peninsula; with the Northwest Baptist Convention, consisting of Southern Baptist churches in Oregon, Washington, and northern Idaho; and with the Southern Baptist Convention.
Since its organization in 1845 in Augusta, Georgia, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has grown to over 16 million members who worship in more than 42,000 churches in the United States. Southern Baptists sponsor about 5,000 home missionaries serving the United States, Canada, Guam and the Caribbean, as well as sponsor more than 5,000 foreign missionaries in 153 nations of the world.
The term "Southern Baptist Convention" refers to both the denomination and its annual meeting. Working through 1,200 local associations and 41 state conventions and fellowships, Southern Baptists share a common bond of basic Biblical beliefs and a commitment to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the entire world.
