Dr. Robert E. Johnson Sr.,/ Bishop

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     Dr. Johnson is the Overseer and Administrator of the New Jerusalem Praise Tabernacle in the Westport area of Baltimore City where his wife, Elder Jacqueline Faye Saunders-Johnson is the pastor. He is an ordained minister and Bishop in the United Church of Jesus Christ (Apostolic) where the late great Apostle Monroe Saunders, Sr. was the chief prelate and Bishop Monroe R. Saunders Jr. is the presiding Bishop. He is also a noted church historian.

     Bishop Johnson was born September 9, 1947, in Washington, D.C. He is the only child born to the late Elder John E. Johnson and late Mother Desiree Johnson. He has been married to Pastor Jacqueline Johnson for the past 50 years. (She is the eldest daughter of Bishop Monroe R. Saunders Sr. and Mother Alberta Saunders). They have three children; Keturah Desiree (Ebin), Katherine Faye, and Robert Jr. (Leslie), Bishop and Pastor now have five lovely grandchildren - Nicholas, Robert, Amaya, Kamryn and Kennedy.

     Bishop Johnson received his high school education in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1969. In 1976, he received his M.S. degree from Morgan State University in Black History. In 2004 he received his M.S. in Administration and Supervision from Johns Hopkins University. In 2009 he received his Doctorate in Religious Education from Outreach Bible College & Seminary in Fayetteville, NC.

     Bishop Johnson served in the Baltimore City Public Schools for over 38 years. He also taught at Coppin State University, Anne Arundel and Carroll County Community Colleges. He has been featured in Who's Who in American Education and on the cover of the Afro-American newspaper for his accomplishments.

     Dr. Johnson has written a book titled, The Roots: Our Legacy In The History Of The Black Church. The African American legacy in the biblical is very rich indeed. In his impeccable researched and easily readable work, Dr. Johnson gives African American history students and casual readers alike even more reason to be proud of our heritage in religion, in the church, and in history. 

     He is a counselor, consultant on Biblical Studies, and conducts seminars and workshops on Church History. He has served in many capacities as a member of the Board of Bishops. He has pastored in Florida, Glen Burnie, MD, and is currently working with his wife at New Jerusalem Praise Tabernacle, in the Westport area, where THE POWER IS IN THE LOVE also he served as diocesan Bishop of the 2nd Episcopal Diocese from 2008-2018 (New Jersey and Pennsylvania).

 

Bishop Johnson is an anointed man of God, who preaches and teaches the Word of God without controversy or compromise.