{"id":16075,"date":"2022-07-15T16:47:57","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T23:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=16075"},"modified":"2022-07-25T16:39:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T23:39:06","slug":"ben-brown","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/locations\/ben-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Brown, M.A. &#8211; Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jvianudy-1eed86e4ff000a87295a8d292f1d4525\">\n.avia-section.av-jvianudy-1eed86e4ff000a87295a8d292f1d4525{\nbackground-color:#b02b2c;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-jvianudy-1eed86e4ff000a87295a8d292f1d4525 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_layout_row  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  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He previously served as Director of the Northern California Campus of Southeastern University and has been instrumental in developing worship programs and courses for various ministry schools. His passion for fostering God-honoring, Spirit-empowered worship experiences in the local church led to the publication of\u00a0<i>People of His Presence: Foundational Studies in Praise and Worship\u00a0<\/i>\u2013 a comprehensive yet straightforward approach to praise and worship for the local church. Ben and his wife, Jill, reside near SUM\u2019s main campus with their two daughters, Ashlyn and Lydia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Bens-Resume-for-public-viewing.pdf\">Professor Brown&#8217;s Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[44,359],"class_list":["post-16075","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_entries-faculty","portfolio_entries-teaching-faculty-worship-and-music"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Benjamin Brown, M.A. - Chair - SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Benjamin Brown, M.A. - Chair - SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/locations\/ben-brown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-25T23:39:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Ben-Brown-head-shot.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"213\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"201\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/locations\/ben-brown\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/locations\/ben-brown\/\",\"name\":\"Benjamin Brown, M.A. - Chair - SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/locations\/ben-brown\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/locations\/ben-brown\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Ben-Brown-head-shot.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-15T23:47:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-25T23:39:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/locations\/ben-brown\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/locations\/ben-brown\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/locations\/ben-brown\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Ben-Brown-head-shot.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Ben-Brown-head-shot.jpg\",\"width\":213,\"height\":201},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/locations\/ben-brown\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/welcome-sum-online-bible-college-and-theological-seminary\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Benjamin Brown, M.A. &#8211; 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