PENSACOLA, Fla. — A rift between officials at a Pentecostal ministerial training school born out of the widely watched “Brownsville revival” in Florida has led to the dismissal of the school’s president and the creation of another, competing school.
The board of Brownsville Revival School of Ministry in Pensacola dismissed Michael Brown as the school’s president in December. Brown has created the F.I.R.E. (Fellowship for International Revival and Evangelism) School of Ministry about 15 minutes away from his former campus and expects a sizable number of his former students to move to his new school. Brown also has created “F.I.R.E. Church,” which he said drew more than 500 for its first service Jan. 7.
Bob Phillips, chairman of the board of the Brownsville school, said the board dismissed Brown after three months of discussion. The independent school was affiliated with the Brownsville Assembly of God Church in Pensacola, which became known for its revival meetings that began in June 1995.
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