| 词条 | Talmadge Johnson |
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}} W. Talmadge Johnson (born 1937) is a minister and emeritus general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. BiographyEducationJohnson graduated from Bethany Nazarene College (now Southern Nazarene University) in 1958 with a master of arts in religion degree. CareerJohnson served as an evangelist in the denomination 1958 until 1961 and served as the pastor of churches in Oklahoma from 1961 until 1975. In 1975 he was elected to serve as the district superintendent of the Mississippi District and served in that capacity until he was elected to be the District Superintendent of the Tennessee district in 1980. Johnson was the District Superintendent of the Tennessee district until 1994. While still in the pastorate and district superintendency Johnson served on the denominational level. From 1972 until 1976 he was the general Nazarene Youth International president. He was the chairman of the World Mission Department from 1986 until 1994. He also served on the General Board of the denomination from 1972 to 1976 and from 1980 to 1994. In 1994 Johnson left the superintendency of Tennessee and the General Board to serve as the denominational director of Sunday School Ministries. He served in this capacity until June 2001 when at the 25th General Assembly of the Church of the Nazarene Johnson was elected to the denomination's highest office, General Superintendent. Johnson served only one term as General Superintendent because of the denomination's mandatory retirement age,[1] he attained emeritus status at the 2005 General Assembly.[2] AuthorshipJohnson co-authored Rediscovering the Sunday School ({{ISBN|0834118696}}) with Stan Toler. Awards and recognitions
References1. ^Church of the Nazarene, Manual (Kansas City: Nazarene Publishing House, 2005), pages 142-143. Also available on-line http://www.nazarene.org/ministries/gensec/2005-09Manual/display.aspx. 2. ^ - General Assembly Calendar of Resolutions. Published by the General Secretary's office of the Church of the Nazarene, page 19. Accessed - 22 March 2008.
5 : 1937 births|Living people|Nazarene General Superintendents|Southern Nazarene University alumni|American Nazarene ministers |
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