Richard A. Brown

Richard Brown is editor and publisher of Isaac's Press, dedicated to producing quality religious curriculum for progressive Christians. He studied in seminary with one of the early proponents of the New Perspective on Paul, Lloyd Gaston, at Vancouver School of Theology. He holds a master's degree in religion from Park University Graduate School of Religion (now Community of Christ Seminary) and a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri at Columbia. A former newspaper reporter, he retired after 23 years as a book and magazine editor for Herald Publishing House and Community of Christ International Headquarters. Rich authored more than a half dozen books published under the Herald House imprint and was a frequent contributor to numerous denominational publications and other journals. At various times he edited the devotional guide, DAILY BREAD, the testimony magazine, RESTORATION WITNESS, and edited and founded the scholarly journal THEOLOGY and the spirituality journal FACE TO FACE. At the time of his early retirement he was managing editor of the HERALD, the denomination's flagship monthly magazine with a circulation of more than 17,000.