Elder Dexter R. Johnson

A Few Words About Me

Elder Dexter R. Johnson was born in Atlanta, GA. At the tender age of 8, he recalls sitting in front of the television watching a documentary abcut the exemplary, but tragic life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. However, cut of his mouth came the words “I want to be like him”. Although, unaware of how God was leading his life, it is definitely known God was already shaping and molding him. He served in United States Army for approximately nine years. After his military service, he received salvation and the Baptism of the Holy Ghost at the age of 29. He then continued Federal Service with the Department of Veterans Affairs where he has served over twenty-two years He received his calling into ministry 2002 where he attended Prayer Assembly COGIC in Phœnix, AZ. Following the leading of God, he moved back to Atlanta. GA and attended Shiloh Ministries COGIC in Warner Robins, GA under the leadership of Administrative Assistant David A. Taylor (spiritual father/mentor).

With a yearning to learn, he began to receive a formal education graduating from Beulah Heights University with an Associate Degree in Leadership Administration and a Bachelor Degree in Leadership Administration, with a minor in Biblical Studies May of 2009. He graduated from the Interdenominational Theological Center (IC) with a Master’s of Divinity, minoring in Psychology of Religion Pastoral Care May of 2014 and is an alumni of the C.H. Mason Seminary. He was ordained as an Elder in March 2015 and has been serving in ministry now for approximately 20 years. He has held positions as an Adjutant, Men’s Ministry President, Single’s ministry President, Sunday School Superintendent, Youth Ministry President, and Trustee Board Member. Johnson moved to Columbia, SC in 2016 and is a member of Ecclesia Church of God in Christ, Columbia, SC under the leadership of Pastor Luther H. Holmes Jr.  There he is serving as the Men’s Ministry President and a Sunday School teacher. He also serves in the South Carolina Jurisdiction COGIC as the District Men’s Ministry President of the Capitol District and newly appointed as the South Carolina Jurisdictional Men’s Ministry Secretary.

Lord continues to lead and guide, it is Elder Johnson’s endeavor to please and serve God with all that he has. For it is for Him he lives and Him that he dies.