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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Languages
Experiences
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Christopher Brown

Hummelstown,PA
Christopher Brown

Summary

Walking with people to paths of renewal.

Authentic leader, passionate about building quality organizations from within. Quality-driven individual focused on being personable, while managing growth and impact. Varied international work experiences, including fundraising, supervision, and quality care of individuals. Innovative designer with 10 years of experience solving chronic deficiencies and driving growth.

Overview

24
years of professional experience

Work History

The East Africa Mission
Apex, NC

Founder and Chairman
01.2011 - 09.2022

Job overview

  • Served in overseas ministry in East Africa, Developed board and Ministry vision, core values (Love, Empower, Send, and Partner) and objectives for partnership and empowerment of East African leaders
  • Created and monitored promotional approaches to increase influence in communities.
  • Developed community Center, Soccer Club, Life coaching and projects with team of national workers.
  • Created organization's mission and vision statements for use by employees.
  • Developed key operational initiatives to drive and maintain substantial growth.
  • Motivated and Empowered more than 20 employees and volunteers

Daystar Center for Spiritual Recovery

Lead Counselor
01.2011 - 01.2014

Job overview

  • Lead counselor taking on bulk of counseling and working together with treatment team to develop wholistic treatment plans
  • Worked closely with Director for overall supervision of Center, and specific issues relating to clients
  • Spearheaded initiation of therapeutic community (TC) model at Center
  • Took Initiative to Partner together with organizations in community to bring maximum impact to men and overall development of program.
  • Was proficient at continuously keeping center full capacity.
  • Through follow up, empowered dozens of men to their first year of sobriety

United Baptist Church

Assistant Pastor/Discipleship Director,
01.2006 - 01.2011

Job overview

  • Served as Assistant To pastor, performing all duties of pastor when was not available, and
  • Initiated young adult ministry, "Firestarters", from 0-over 20 young adults who created their own community and were active in serving.
  • Initiated “The Gathering”, racial reconciliation event, bringing together our diverse church to talk about core values of church in way that people felt heard, involved, and validated as part of whole.
  • Chairman of business meetings, lead church through difficult conversations through healthy communication, openness, and diplomacy.

Capital Seminary

Teaching Assistant
01.2007 - 01.2008

Job overview

  • Masters Level courses- Gospels and OT History under Dr Richard Yates
  • Received positive remarks from Dr Yates and reviews from working with the students.
  • Taught two graduate levels classes
  • Graded papers and managed student questions for over 50 students

PA Counseling Services
Harrisburg

Therapeutic Support Staff Member
01.2005 - 01.2007

Job overview

  • Had great success in working together with Behavioral Specialists and treatment team to see clients reach their goals
  • Saw number of breakthroughs in lives of clients.
  • Established good rapport with families and schools, working through challenges together.
  • One example of particular client adolescent that others could not work with to fully reaching his goals, having good relationship with his family, increasing his relationship to his teachers and peers, becoming a productive part of community, and discharged.

Edgewater Psychiatric services, Psych tech

01.2004 - 01.2005

Job overview

  • Worked together with treatment team to develop fresh initiatives in both chronic ward, working with individuals and groups affected by chronic and also the short term psychiatric with co-occuring and shelter issues.
  • Saw significant progress of clients under caseload, seeing them accomplish new things for first time.
  • Developed treatment plans with variety of diagnosis, including Chronic/Acute Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Borderline, Depression, Autism, Asperger, MR, etc.
  • The short term side, became proficient at working with the community to access resources and be an advocate for the client.

Education

Capital Seminary
New Carrollton, MD

Master of Divinity from Counseling And Theology

University Overview

Lifeforming Leadership Coaching
Nairobi, Kenya

Certification As Life, Growth, Leadership Coach from Coaching-life, Growth, Leadership
01.2022

University Overview

Shippensburg University
Shippensburg, PA

Bachelor of Social Work from Psychology

University Overview

Skills

  • Problem Solving-working to help people find solutions together to better individual lives, families, communities
  • Resources-Finding appropriate resources to help empower individuals and groups
  • Restoration-working w others to find hope and life in midst of difficult circumstances
  • Coaching/Counseling-helping others to be empowered in a way most natural to them
  • Special Experiences
  • International Speaker/for various events-at undergraduate, graduate, and community level events Examples of this include
  • Graduate level teaching assistant and Assistant lecturer, Capital Seminary

Languages

Swahili
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Experiences

Experiences
  • Lived and led organization in East Africa for 7 years, interacting with various cultures, and serving people in a number countries (Tanzania,Kenya, Croatia, Turkey, UAE).
  • Served as organizer and Mc for “Building a Sustainable Kingdom Business” with Tameka Montgomery (founder of Core Strategy Partners) at HOPAC International School November 2019
  • Founder and Director for Tumaini Community Services, Tanzania (April 2019-present)
  • Head chairman, Agape Football Club Tanzania 2018-present
  • Basketball coach, second and fourth grade boys HOPAC International School 2019-2020, Hershey 6th grade travel team
  • Experienced International Speaker, including "Social Work and Spirituality" for the Social Work Department, Shippensburg University, lead speaker at Retro Center, Split, Croatia, Breakout speaker at youth conferences MD, Liberty Church, Dar Es Salaam, AIC Church Kongowe, Tanzania; Womens Missionary Union, Colonial Baptist Church, Randallstown, MD, more.

Timeline

Founder and Chairman
The East Africa Mission
01.2011 - 09.2022
Lead Counselor
Daystar Center for Spiritual Recovery
01.2011 - 01.2014
Teaching Assistant
Capital Seminary
01.2007 - 01.2008
Assistant Pastor/Discipleship Director,
United Baptist Church
01.2006 - 01.2011
Therapeutic Support Staff Member
PA Counseling Services
01.2005 - 01.2007
Edgewater Psychiatric services, Psych tech
01.2004 - 01.2005
Capital Seminary
Master of Divinity from Counseling And Theology
Lifeforming Leadership Coaching
Certification As Life, Growth, Leadership Coach from Coaching-life, Growth, Leadership
Shippensburg University
Bachelor of Social Work from Psychology

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