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Elisabeth Johnson is an ELCA pastor and missionary serving in Cameroon as a professor at the Lutheran Institute of Theology in Meiganga. She earned a Ph.D. in New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary and has served as an adjunct professor for Luther Seminary (2003-04 and 2007-08). She is the author...

Rev. Trygve (pronounced: "trig-vee") Johnson is a pastor, theologian, writer, and preacher. He currently serves as the inaugural Executive Director of the PreachFor Foundation, and previously served as the Hinga-Boersma Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in Holland, MI. Trygve is ordained in the Reformed Church in America (RCA), preaches and...

Jeff Johnson is a recording artist, composer and producer who has released numerous solo and collaborative recordings. His early work was vocal progressive-rock, but his sound has since evolved to jazz, new-age, instrumental, contemplative and Celtic styles. He has collaborated with other established musicians, including Sandy Simpson, Brian Dunning, and...

Ashley Renée Johnson currently serves as fifth grade lead teacher at Epiphany School in Boston, MA, and is a provisional deacon in the United Methodist Church. She is a graduate of Boston University School of Theology, Brown University, and Spelman College. (Source: epiphanyschool.com; photo: neumc.org)

James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) was an American writer and civil rights activist. He was a leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he started working in 1917. Johnson established his reputation as a writer, and was known during the Harlem Renaissance for his poems, novel and anthologies collecting both poems and spirituals of...

Ruthie Johnson is a frequent contributor to Mission Alliance. She is an identity scholar through the discipline of Communication Studies (Intercultural Communication), and love reimagining multi-ethnicity and encouraging its work in the church. (Source and photo: missioalliance.org)

Dr. Luke Timothy Johnson is Candler School of Theology's Robert W. Woodruff Professor Emeritus at Emory University. A noted scholar and an award-winning teacher, Johnson taught at Yale Divinity School and Indiana University prior to arriving at Candler in 1992. He is a graduate of Yale University, Saint Meinrad School...

Fr. Josh Johnson is the pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus, and vocations director for the Diocese of Baton Rouge, LA. He is a frequent contributor to Ascension Media. (Source: ascensionpress.com)

Rev. Dr. Todd E. Johnson, Senior Pastor of First Covenant Church, is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Covenant Church with over 30 years of combined experience in ministry and theological education. He earned his degrees from North Park University and North Park Theological Seminary after beginning his studies in...