Welcome to the BRN Family: Dr. Maurice Mimms, Browns Mills Baptist Church

After his third time serving as pulpit supply at Browns Mills Baptist Church, Dr. Maurice Mimms felt God calling him to take on a more permanent role at the church and in the community.

May 25, 2023
Macala Mays

BROWNS MILLS, NJ, (BRN) – Coming off of a four-year interim position, Dr. Maurice Mimms offered his pastoral services as pulpit supply to Browns Mills Baptist Church in Browns Mills, New Jersey, per the recommendation of Dr. Christopher Betner, mission pastor at Delval East “The Lighthouse Church” in Willingboro, New Jersey.

After his third visit to Browns Mills, Mimms felt “a calling from God” to stay and shepherd the Browns Mills church body and community.

As of May 2023, Rev. Mimms has been serving as the senior pastor of Browns Mills Baptist Church.

In following God’s call, Mimms and his wife, Pamela, who have been married for 25 years, moved from costal Belmar Beach, New Jersey, to inland Browns Mills, putting Mimms closer to the city of his favorite sports team, the Philadelphia Eagles. In Belmar Beach, Mimms served as the Interim Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church.

Dr. Maurice Mimms officially started serving as the senior pastor at Browns Mills Baptist Church in May 2023.

Along with this new pastoral transition, Maurice and Pamela recently became the parents of two college graduates as they have two children together, both of whom recently graduated with their bachelor’s degrees.

As he moves into a more permanent shepherding role, Mimms hopes to secure “internal stability” within the Browns Mills church body and then extend that stability to the external community.

“My passion is ensuring internal stability among members of the church, which translates to a consistent message when conducting external ministry,” said Mimms.

“We will initially ‘pray without ceasing’ for each other, while listening to each other’s needs. Once God has stabilized the church, we will re-engage the community.”

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Mimms and his family to the BRN family as well as praying for them as they answer the call God has placed on their hearts.

Ways to Pray for Dr. Mimms and his family:

Pray for fulfilling and sustaining careers for Maurice and Pamela’s children
Pray for Pamela’s health
Pray for wisdom and strength as Rev. Mimms shepherds the Browns Mills church family
Pray for opportunities for the church to re-engage with the Browns Mills community

Macala Mays

In 2022, Macala Mays stepped into her current role as Associate Editor of BRN United and Podcast Producer for the Baptist Resource Network of Pennsylvania/South Jersey (BRN). Before taking this position, she worked as a contracted Podcast Producer in 2021 and a freelance writer in 2020 for the BRN. During her time with the BRN, Macala Mays has produced three different podcast series, including 50 Stories of Transformation (2021-2022), The #LovePASJ Podcast (2022), and Celebrating Cooperative Missions (2023). She also has written over 60 articles for the BRN and has been nationally published by The Baptist Paper and Baptist Press. She is also a member of the Baptist Communicators Association (BCA).

Prior to working with the BRN, Macala interned at the State Capitol of Tennessee in the Publications Division under the office of Secretary of State. She also remotely wrote news for TalkErie, a radio station in Erie, Pa., and previously worked as a News Director/Producer for WJET-TV in Erie, Pa.

Macala Mays holds a master of arts in communications from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (EUP) as well as a bachelor of arts in journalism/public relations from EUP. During her graduate years, Macala worked as a Graduate Assistant and helped manage the on-campus radio station. She also served as a managing editor for the university’s newspaper, which led to an interest in music journalism.
Macala and her husband, Robbie, live in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, where they attend Big Woods Bible Church and Robbie serves as the Associate Pastor of Campus Ministry. Both Robbie and Macala find great joy in discipling and walking alongside college students at Lock Haven University.