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Rev. Dr. Lugenia Johnson, Pastor, Preacher, Teacher, Author; and,

Community Servant; earned the Bachelor of Arts degree from Mercer University in

Macon, Georgia, where she graduated with honors. She subsequently received the

Master in Education degree; and, the Specialist in Education degree from the Augusta State University (Now known as Georgia Regents University). Dr. Johnson received the Doctorate in Education degree from the Nova Southeastern University, at Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, in June 1995. She also graduated from the Calvary Bible College in Augusta, Georgia in May 1998; and, on May 10, 2014, she received the Masters of Divinity Degree from Turner Theological Seminary at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta,GA.

Since 1994, Dr. Johnson has served as pastor of four churches in the Sixth Episcopal District (SED), the St. Matthew Circuit of AME Churches in Louisville and Wadley, Georgia; the Greater St. Matthew A.M.E. station church in Louisville, GA, where her radio ministry flourished throughout Central Georgia; the Wrens Chapel A.M.E. church in Wrens, Georgia; and, the Mt. Zion AME Church in Kennesaw, GA. God blessed her to accomplish awesome advancements for His Kingdom at each assignment. However, during her ministry at Mount Zion, a preschool for three to

five year olds, along with other ministries, were added to the church; and, over nine hundred new members were added to the ministry. In November of 2009, Dr. Johnson was given the opportunity to transfer to the 9 th Episcopal District of the

AME Church where Bishop James L. Davis appointed her Senior Pastor of Allen Temple AME in Bessemer, AL; and, Director of Evangelism for the Ninth Episcopal District. In November 2013, Dr. Johnson was appointed Pastor of the Metropolitan AME Church in Mobile, AL where she presently serves with distinction.

Dr. Lugenia Johnson has had the privilege of serving the AMEC on the Local District, the Conference, the Episcopal District; and, the Connectional levels. She has served as the Administrative Assistant to three Presiding Elders in the Sixth Episcopal District. Bishop Frank Cummings appointed her one of the two 6 th District clergy to the AMEC Connectional Strategic Planning Core Committee at its inception in 2002. In 2008, the committee elected her to serve as Vice Chairperson with Bishop Vashti McKenzie, Chairperson. Dr. Johnson was inducted into the “Order of the Flame” -- the Evangelistic component of the World Council of Methodist Churches in April 1997; and, in August 2009, she had the opportunity to travel to South Africa with the World Methodist Evangelism Institute for the training and implementation of the Evangelism program for the South and Central African regions. Representatives from more than fifty countries in Africa attended those sessions for fourteen days.

Dr. Johnson has served as a Marshal (2000) and, has been elected an Alternate (2008, 2020) and a Delegate (2004, 2012, 2016) to the AMEC Quadrennial Sessions. In 2012, Dr. Lugenia Johnson made history in the African Methodist Episcopal Church when she became the first female to be elected chairperson of  the General Conference Credentials Committee. This awarded her the distinction of having become the first female in the history of the AME Church to be elected chairperson of a major General Conference Committee.

Dr. Johnson has also served the communities to which she has been assigned in various capacities. She has served as a member of various community boards and organizations that have addressed issues and needs of a variety of age groups

and social interests. She has played a very vital role in preparing youth for the future, as well as facilitating services for the elderly. She was trained through and served as a Hospice Chaplain with the Saint Joseph Hospital in Augusta. Dr.

Johnson served for two years as the President of the Cobb Faith Partnership in Cobb County, an organization whose work involves that of creating and strengthening partnerships among Faith – based organizations in Cobb County, GA. In 2001 Dr. Johnson was blessed to retire early from the GA public school system where she had served for twenty – five years as a classroom teacher and as a Middle School Principal. In September 2003, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Parole recognized Dr. Johnson as the Volunteer of the Year because of the rehabilitation ministry for drug offenders at Wrens Chapel AME Church in Wrens, GA.

As pastor of the Allen Temple AME Church, Dr. Johnson witnessed a mighty move of God as the church once again came to life ministering to the community of Bessemer, AL. The ministry of Evangelism of the church witnessed a total of thirty individuals uniting with Allen Temple AME church. The Soup kitchen and food pantries opened their doors once again. The men of Allen Temple became mobilized and organized under the leadership of the first female pastor in the

history of the church. The clothing closet, among other ministries of the church, blessed countless individuals and families in this negative economic tide.

Dr. Johnson has worked diligently with the Evangelism Ministry of the 9 th Episcopal District. She traveled the state of Alabama in 2010 assisting with and conducting training with clergy and lay persons preparing them to Share their Faith.

During the single day of Pentecost Sunday 2010, from 11AM – 3PM, approximately 1800 individuals across the state of Alabama gave their lives to Christ and over 6,000 received prayer, as a result of the efforts of the members of the African

Methodist Episcopal churches in the district. Dr. Johnson continues to work with the Evangelism Ministry of the state with a Co-Director of Evangelism, Pastor Maurice Wright. She has completed one book with her son, telling his story of

how God used and blessed him during ten years of incarceration for a crime he found himself involved with two other young men. She is also working on two other books, one telling her life story and the other concerning her mother’s

quick wit and humorous but godly personality. 

With the Wonderful people of the Metropolitan AME Church in Mobile, AL, where she was assigned in November 2013, Dr. Johnson has led the ministry to continue to and enhance their service to the Mobile Community by feeding the hungry and taking blankets and other items to the homeless. Dr. Johnson worked with the Police Chief and Mayor of Mobile to make the neighborhoods safer through the elimination of drug houses and the reduction of drug traffic. She worked with organized groups to bring more awareness to the issue of Domestic Violence and Abuse. She has ministered through a radio broadcast as well as the pulpit; and, has served as the Mobile County Director for the National Day of Prayer. Dr. Johnson was also appointed to serve as a member of the Citizens’ Multicultural, Advisory Group for the Regional FBI Office in mobile.

Dr. Johnson is the extremely proud mother of two children; Kimberly Nicole Thomas and Christopher Randolph Watkins; a granddaughter, Anaiyah Jordan Thomas, and a grandson Christian Theodius Yulle-Watkins. Her number one passion and desire is to continue to serve the Lord and His people, empowered by Him to make a difference for the Kingdom of God.