Senior Pastor Phillip Brown has led New Directions Church at 4855 Seminole Dr in College Area, San Diego since 2015, after his previous tenure at True Faith Missionary Baptist Church, guiding the Southern Baptist congregation through its affiliation with the San Diego Southern Baptist Association. The 92115 campus sits on the residential stretch of Seminole Drive east of SDSU, sharing the block with Seminole Drive Church of Christ, where the two congregations operate on separate schedules within the same neighborhood church corridor. Brown's teaching ministry centers on biblical exposition, and the church runs programming for multiple age groups, including youth discipleship tracks and adult Bible study. The congregation draws from the College Area residential grid between El Cajon Boulevard and University Avenue, an area dense with SDSU-connected families and long-term homeowners. Pastoral care that extends into clinical counseling connects through referral networks to practitioners at Alter Behavioral Health in College Area for members navigating grief, addiction recovery, or family-systems work. The Southern Baptist Convention affiliation places the church within the SBC's cooperative program for missions funding, channeling a percentage of undesignated receipts toward North American and international church-planting efforts. The Seminole Drive address sits near the Rolando border, a quiet residential corridor that contrasts with the commercial density of El Cajon Boulevard a few blocks to the north.