After a few years living in the United States, during which she was ordained, Rosalind Brown trained people for ordination in the United Kingdom. She was a Residentiary Canon at Durham Cathedral from 2005 to 2018, where she had oversight of the public ministry of the cathedral. Prior to that, she chaired the Diocese of Salisbury's working party on the ministry of deacons, edited the Salisbury report on the Distinctive Diaconate, and is author of several books on ministry and preaching, including "Being a Deacon Today".