Sanford Brown (writer)

Sanford "Sandy" Brown (born 1957) is an American travel writer, tour guide, and United Methodist minister from the Seattle, Washington area.

Brown was elected to the Board of Directors of the Lake Washington School District in 1989 in one of his first acts of public service beyond the local church.

Brown and Groseclose contended in Chelan County Superior Court that Mayor Gary Schoessler was not a resident of Wenatchee for the requisite one year prior to his election.

[3] In 2001 Brown left the pastorate to serve as executive director of Deaconess Children's Services, a United Methodist mission agency, in Everett.

He advocated for acceptance of Tent City 4, helping the homeless encampment with legal challenges in several suburban Seattle communities, leading to a successful challenge in the Washington State Supreme Court against the City of Woodinville on behalf of the Northshore United Church of Christ [5][6] and he has been leader of the legislative advocacy arm of the Committee to End Homelessness in King County.

In 2007, former Bishop Edward Paup announced his intention to appoint Brown to serve as senior pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Seattle beginning in July 2008.

[19][20] In 2015, Brown ran for Seattle City Council, tallying second place in the primary and losing in the general election to Debora Juarez.

[19] In June 2019, Brown left his ministry as lead pastor at Edmonds United Methodist Church to become a full-time travel writer and tour guide.