Rev. Clarence Brown
Rev. Brown comes to AUMC from the Norfolk District, after seven years of leadership as the District Superintendent. He has also served as District Superintendent of the Charlottesville District, as Senior Pastor of St. Paul’s UMC in Chesapeake, VA, and as Director of the Wesley Westminster Foundation at Norfolk State University. He holds a B.A. degree from Georgia State University, a M. Div. degree from Gammon Theological Seminary (Atlanta, GA), and is nearing completion of his D. Min. degree from Wesley Theological Seminary. Rev. Brown is known across the conference for his strong preaching, his expertise in church revitalization, and his mentoring of young pastors. Rev. Brown’s wife Jaie, a former marketing executive at McDonald’s, has just completed her Master’s degree in Social Work at Norfolk State University. The Browns have two sons, Jordan and Collin.  Back

Rev. Eduardo Carrillo

Rev. Carrillo is a graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary's class of 2010.  Even though Rev. Carrillo is in his second year of ministry, he is a long time Methodist beginning as a child in Mexico where his father was a Methodist preacher and now serves as Bishop.  Rev. Carrillo  is enjoying married life with his spouse Elaina and discovering ministry together as a married couple.  Rev. Carrillo has worked with various agencies from the United Methodist Church, such as the General Board of Church and Society (GBCS) and the World Methodist Council (WMC).  Rev. Carrillo’s education has been strongly influenced by the Methodist church and was the supportive force for his education completion. Rev. Carrillo attended one of the few and oldest high schools with United Methodist Church affiliation in Texas, the Lydia Patterson Institute (located in El Paso, Texas).  Upon completing high school, he was accepted to Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas, which is also affiliated with the United Methodist Church.  He holds a B.A. in Religion with a minor in Spanish Literature from Ferrum College (another UMC affiliated institution). In 2007 he started his seminary education at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC, where he received a Master of Divinity degree.  Without the support from the United Methodist Church and related agencies, Rev. Carrillo's education opportunities would have been limited. Rev. Carrillo is thankful for the support he received through prayers and monetary means and is forever thankful to his family, the supporters he never met, agencies that granted scholarships, and, above all, to God’s steadfast love and mercy. 

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Rev. Johnson-Oliver
Rev. Johnson-Oliver is Associate Pastor of Adult Discipleship at Annandale UMC. She is an ordained Elder in the Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church serving “on loan” to the Virginia United Methodist Conference. She received the AB degree magna cum laude in Comparative Religion from Harvard College, a Master of Theological Studies degree from Harvard Divinity School, and a Juris Doctorate (pending) from Yale Law School. She has served in numerous clergy roles, including National Director of Youth Ministry for the CME Church, Co-Pastor of the Black Church at Yale, a student congregation, and Coordinator of Faith-Based Outreach for a presidential campaign. She has been a national speaker at churches, annual conferences, and workshops. Rev. Johnson-Oliver is the first woman in her family’s five generations of Methodist clergy and the granddaughter of the late CME Bishop Joseph A. Johnson, Jr. She lives in Arlington, VA with her husband, Davis Oliver, and their daughter, Danielle. Back

Dr. Paul Shin
Dr. Shin was born on October 21, 1937 at the Ui Jongbu City Kyongi Do near Seoul, Korea. His father, Shin Gil Bong, who retired as district-superintendent of the Korean Methodist Church, was a pastor for forty years when Japan controlled Korea for 36 years. He is a pioneer minister in Korea. Dr. Shin's mother, Kim Jong Yeo, used to pray early in the morning for years. His mother was converted by a revival pastor. She asked God for her son, Paul Y. Shin, to be a minister. Dr. Shin's parents suffered numerous imprisonments and physical torture by Japanese police for refusing to worship the Emperor during Japanese occupation. After the Korean independence from the Japanese occupation, Dr. Shin's father was again imprisoned by the Communist government in South Korea during the Korean War. During the Korean War many pastors were eventually martyred for the cause of Christ by Communists. With his parents' strong faith as his inspiration, in 1957 Dr. Shin entered Seoul Methodist Theological Seminary, supporting himself by means of delivering newspapers every morning before going to school and eating nurunggee (burned rice discarded from the kitchen), and studied Theology and English including Greek and Hebrew. In December 1961, he graduated from Seoul Methodist Theological Seminary. After working as a local minister, in May 1968 he was ordained as pastor in Bakuiri Methodist Church. He later served as an Air Force Chaplain for 12 years and was honorably discharged with the rank of Major. In 1976 he came to the USA as a student. He went to Liberty University, Indiana Wesleyan University, and Faith Theological Seminary. Later he received a Doctor of Ministry from Faith Theological Seminary in Philadelphia in 1985. Since 1985 he has worked as assistant to the President of the Indiana Wesleyan University and coordinator of Wesleyan Methodist Korean Church and associate pastor of Kent Baptist Church. He has been at Annandale United Methodist Church for eight years as Korean Pastor. Back