Operation Breaking Through

About Us

Contacting Us:
Operation Breaking Through
PO Box 1637
Newport News, VA. 23601
Phone: (757)617-5520
Email: ceo@obthr.org

Hours of Operation
Monday thru Friday
10:00am to 4:00pm

Pastors Committee:
Bishop L. Lewis, New Life Church Hampton
Pastor Bill Powell, Village Christian Fellowship
Pastor Tom Kenny, Peninsula Community Chapel
Pastor A. Proctor, Solid Rock
Pastor R. Robinson, Freedom Outreach Center
Pastor M. Johansson, New Covenant
Pastor C. Durham, New Hope COGIC

Power of Partnership:
Family Learning And Enrichment Center
The Lighthouse Family Resource Center
United Way First Call
United Church Pantries of Hampton
Hearts of Compassion Network
Alpha & Omega Ministries
Operation Blessing
God’s X Gangsters-Gang Ministries
Mission Daystar
Homeless Ministries
Peninsula Crisis Care Clinic
Averett University
Newport News Inner City Soccer Board
Christopher Newport University
Hampton University Christian Student Assoc.
Newport News Redevelopment Housing Authority
Life Enrichment Center, Norfolk
New Vision Ministries of Hampton Roads
Six House Inc
Dominion Terminal Associates
OHA Newport News
Good Seed, Good Ground
Life Builders Inc
Divine Behavioral Services

Chief Administrating Personnel:
Executive Director - Rev. Kevin Brown [

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Executive Administrator - Mrs. Norma Brown
General Program Manager - Ms. Barbara Wallace
Special Program Manager - Mr. Russell Mitchell

Board of Advisors:
Pastor Bobby Collins, World Outreach and Worship Center
Pastor Willis Boyd, Christ Community Outreach Center
Elder Gary Ham, Elim Fellowship
Pastor Gerard Ruff, Cornerstone AOG

Board of Directors:
Pastor Kenneth McDade, Rhema II Christian Center
Pastor Raymond Johnson, Emeritus, Calvary Revival Church Peninsula
Mr. Greg Garrett, WWW.GregGarrettRealty.com
Dr. Peter Anderson, MD, Hilton Family Practice
Mr. John Maser, Wachovia Securities
Ms. Joann McCleod. MA, o’s Web Designs
Mr. Mark Biagas, Bay Electric Co.
Mr. Timothy Davison, Capital One Securities

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20 Years of Helping Hands

2007 End of Year Report

2008 End of Year Report

2008 New Recruitment Brochure

Newsletters:
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Jan/Oct 2007 Newsletter

Jan/Feb 2007 Newsletter

Jan/Dec 2008 Newsletter

Hidden Treasures Flyer

Operation Breaking Through (OBT)
is a non-profit 501 (c) (3)
humanitarian organization
based in Newport News, Virginia, USA.

Our History:

Operation Breaking-Through is a 501 © 3 non-profit organization that collaborates with 110 local churches, city, and civic agencies to produce wholistic solutions for impoverished communities throughout Hampton Roads. We serve 91 at-risk communities in 9 cities of Hampton Roads. In our 18-year history, the OBT network has positively affected the lives of over 100,000 needy people. Our emergency/disaster relief, academic, health, athletic, youth employment, and mentoring services, to name a few, have born great fruits of self-sufficiency and quality of life to countless families. Eight-five percent of our outreach is directed toward child and youth enrichment.

Vision: To be a life-giving interdenominational, multicultural network of Christian churches breaking through the cycle of human suffering throughout the impoverished communities of Hampton Roads.

Mission Statement: To exhort, equip, and engage local churches in long-term transformational relationships with disadvantaged communities of Hampton Roads.

OBT visionary, Bishop Lawrence Lewis, was recognized by President Bush as OBT was honored as one of America’s 1000 Points of Light. His vision was to see whole communities transformed by the gospel of Jesus Christ through needs-based evangelism.

Re. Gary Ham, Director of Missions, Elim Fellowship NY, served as Executive Director of OBT for 13 years. He envisioned the poor and downtrodden communities of Hampton Roads revitalized through church evangelism and social action.

Dr. Kevin Brown, current Executive Director of OBT, envisions Hampton Roads churches united in the wholistic evangelization of at-risk communities throughout the Peninsula and Southside of Virginia. Together with his wife, Angel, they have successfully partnered in numerous ministries all over the world resulting in thousands of souls coming to know Jesus as their Savior.

“That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death…” Philippians 3:10

This mandate has created a passion and pursuit in Reverend Brown to reach people on all level of life, no matter what culture or condition, to bring God’s message of hope. Dr. Brown was born again the summer of 1963. He was ordained and licensed to preach the Gospel in Mar 1986. From 1981 to 2006, Dr. Brown has served as Pastor, Evangelist, Community and Church Leader in four Continents, several foreign countries, and cities across the United States. In his tenure he and Angel have profoundly impacted thousands of lives by developed and started youth ministries in 2 countries (Germany & Iceland) and 3 states (VA, TX, HI) impacting the lives of thousands of children and youth with the gospel and mentoring ministries (1981-2006); He has developed prison ministries in 3 states (VA, TX, & HI) seeing over a thousand adult male and teens saved. (1981-2002); He and Angel have planted powerful marriage ministries in two foreign countries (Germany & Iceland), three states, and dozens of cities in Virginia, Texas, and Hawaii transforming the relationship of hundreds of married couples. (1981-1996) As a Pastor he and Angel have developed and restored several churches in four countries to wholeness: In Germany God used them to increased the Hessisch Oldendorf Gospel Service church membership from a dozen families to 500 families in West Germany over a 10-month period (1986-1987). They also conducted numerous crusades, conferences, seminars, workshops, and outreaches seeing thousands of Germans, British, and American servicemen saved. Their achievement was recognized with the Chief of Chaplains USAF Certificate for Meritorious Service (1988) As President of the Lay-leader Fellowship for Europe, his guidance was instrumental in providing vision, purpose, and pastoral training to military church Pastors in England, Turkey, and Germany. (1987) As Associate Pastor, Keflavic NAS Gospel Service Church, Iceland, he developed evangelism teams from several local churches seeing hundreds of Icelanders saved. He and Angel also developed numerous other ministries profoundly impacting the lives of the entire Icelandic community. As a result, he was recognized with the Chief of Chaplains USN Certificate of Appreciation. (1992-1994) As an Evangelist and Missionary, he has hosted and served as keynote speaker of numerous outreaches such as soup truck, street evangelistic outreaches, crusades, and revivals in six countries (Zaire, Nigeria, Iceland, England, Austria, & Germany) and several states seeing several thousand salvations under his ministry. (1981-2006); Dr. Brown also serves as an associate pastor at the New Life Church, Hampton, responsible for youth and children ministries as well as chairing the New Life Church World Evangelism Board. He retired from active duty in 2002 after 26 years of faithful service in the USAF. His career culminated in his formal induction into the USAF Safety Hall of Fame. He is married to Norma “Angel” Brown of 31 Years with one son, Isaiah Michael Brown who is 17 years old. He has earned an AA from the Community College of the Air Force, a BA from Liberty University, and a honorary doctorate of divinity form the International Seminary.