Description:This photo shows me giving a service at Brookfield New Testament Church of God in 1998. I was known as Bishop William W Brown at that time. I enjoyed my work and thanked God for blessing my life.
My name is William Wilberforce Brown and I was born in the Parish of Hanover in the District of Cash Hill, Jamaica. I came to England and resided in the city of London for two years. I resided with my sister for one year and six months in Shepherds Bush, which is a district of West London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It was so hard to find a place to worship that I would have to take the train, then the bus and then walk a little distance just to pray.
I lived with my family in Bristol for 13 years and I was a Pastor for the New Testament Church of God in Mountpelia, Bristol. I have also lived and worked in Liberia in Africa. During this project I was able to share my knowledge with others in the Techno Elders group that Bristol was a port used in the transatlantic slave trade. I went to visit and saw how it was used as a holding fort for slaves from Africa, who were being transported to America and the Caribbean.
I have enjoyed doing this project work with the Worker’s Educational Association. I especially enjoyed the internet searches and finding out about globalisation issues. It does affect us all and we must do whatever we can to help.
Photograph courtesy of William Wilberforce Brown