Tom Brown joined the staff at Oakland in September 2010. First called to serve at Plattsmouth Baptist Church as a 16 year old High School student, he has served the Lord in Music Ministry for 39 years. Brother Tom has been blessed to experience worship in many varied circumstances, from being the Cantor in the Temple Mishkan Israel Synagogue in Selma, Alabama to leading worship at the Old Time Summertime Tent Revival in Washington, Georgia for 6 years. Brother Tom earned both his Bachelor and Master degrees in Music Education from Troy University in Alabama. Along with his church work, he has been a High School Band Director for 33 years and is currently the Music Director at the new Veterans High School in Kathleen.
Music Ministry at Oakland
The Music Ministry at Oakland follows God’s Word for guidance, centering on Colossians 3:16, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.” Our focus is to give everyone in our congregation an opportunity to worship God, regardless of their background. We try to achieve this by having a good mix of music from traditional hymns and southern gospel songs to choruses and light contemporary worship songs. Our prayer is that the music in our worship services is always seen as Christ-centered, helping to lead worshipers to a stronger relationship with our Lord and Savior.
