Michael Brown — who’s currently taking a sabbatical from both his ministry and his WorldNetDaily column after being forced to deal with old allegations of sexual misconduct — got a much more positive reception at a conference last month. According to the Roys Report:
In his message at the Presence Driven Church Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, Mercy Culture Pastor Landon Schott equated the allegations against Brown with “gossip and slander.”
Schott also warned pastors that an “accuser of the brethren is going after men of God that have given their lives to build the kingdom.”
Then, directly addressing Brown, who was sitting in the first row, Schott exclaimed, “Dr. Brown, we honor you! We celebrate you! And this Presence Driven Church and community of pastors is behind you!”
The approximately 1,500 pastors and attendees in the room rose to their feet cheered for Brown for nearly a minute.
Brown insisted that his appearance at the conference did not violate his sabbatical because he wasn’t a scheduled speaker. Still, showing up at a conference to get some adulation despite the allegations against him doesn’t seem like the best message he should be sending, particularly if he wants to appear sufficiently penitent over his actions.