Fred Brown 1909 - 1992 "When God does the searching, He knocks all the brag out. Not one iota of brag is left when one has been searched of God. When He turns His truth into our black hearts, we come out, not bragging about what we are, how good we are, but with a cry for the mercy of God." Few men devote a lifetime solely to evangelism. But for sixty years-from the day he graduated from college until 1992-Evangelist Fred Brown was a shining, sterling example of an evangelist. His revivals and ministry have had a lasting effect. There was a ring of authority, sincerity, reality and eternity in his campaigns. Pastors and churches had him back again and again. Brown was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1909 and was born again at age seven in an old-fashioned Presbyterian protracted meeting when he heard a message on Hell. "Hell was so real I could smell the fumes from the pit and hear the screams of the dying; and I could see myself and the worm, and the fire there is not quenched," he explains of this experience. At age nineteen he felt a definite call from God and a month later surrendered his life to Christ to preach the Gospel as an evangelist. Brown was never anything else. He ministered across the nation and across the seas. Though he preached in citywide crusades, he was basically a local church evangelist, insisting, "I would far rather have a good church meeting than a poor city-wide meeting...." Evangelist Brown was also a noted conference speaker. Brown had little promotional material, wrote no books, and did not have a tape ministry. Preaching was his priority. His campaigns were characterized by great Bible teaching and evangelistic preaching. Sinners got saved and started living for the Lord and witnessing. His converts stuck! He made his home in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Donella Brown was always at Fred's side. During the last fifteen years of her life she chaired the music department at Tennessee Temple, directed the university's famous Singing Men of Temple, and coordinated the music program for Highland Park Baptist Church. After a three-year struggle with cancer, she died in 1983. Dr. Fred Brown died in 1992, after only a short, inactive time away from his beloved preaching.