Reverand Amos Brown received the A.B. degree from Morehouse College, a master of divinity from Crozer Theological Seminary and a doctor of ministry from United Theological Seminary.

Under his leadership, the Third Baptist Church has sponsored more African refugees than any other local congregation in the nation and sponsored 80 children from Tanzania to receive heart surgery in the United States.

He also has served as: a member of the board of San Francisco Community College; chairman of the National Baptist Commission on Civil Rights and Human Services; a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors; and a member of the governing board of the National Council of Churches of Christ.

He is a recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Ministerial Award for outstanding leadership and contributions to the black church in America, and he recently served as a delegate to the 2001 United Nations Conference on Race and Intolerance in Durban, South Africa, representing the National Board of the NAACP.