Talmadge Johnson

Talmadge Johnson

W. Talmadge Johnson (born 1937) is a minister and emeritus general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene.

History

Johnson graduated from Bethany Nazarene College (now Southern Nazarene University) in 1958 with a master of arts in religion degree. Johnson 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 of 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 [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 http://www.nazarene.org/ministries/gensec/2005-09Manual/display.aspx] .] , he attained emeritus status at the 2005 General Assembly. [ [http://media.premierstudios.com/nazarene/docs/PDFE.tmp.pdf] - General Assembly Calendar of Resolutions. Published by the General Secretary's office of the Church of the Nazarene, page 19. Accessed - 03/22/2008.]

Authorship

Johnson co-authored "Rediscovering the Sunday School" (ISBN 0834118696) with Stan Toler.

Awards and Recognitions

*Doctor of Divinity - Trevecca Nazarene University conferred the honorary Doctor of Divinity degree to Johnson in 1983. Southern Nazarene University granted him the same honorary degree in 2000.
*In 2003 Southern Nazarene University awarded Johnson the Heritage Award which is an award granted annually to a prominent alumnus of the school.

References

* [http://www.snu.edu/?p=%7BE4161849-E79C-4F0C-AD27-33DC07C3ED45%7D&sc=-1&ni=534&fr=archive&m=11&y=2003 Biography of 2003 Southern Nazarene University Alumni Award recipients.] Accessed 03/22/2008.
* [http://www.nph.com/nphweb/html/h2ol/articleDisplay.jsp?mediaId=2368729 Biography in Holiness Today magazine.] Accessed 03/22/2008.


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