New Jerusalem Deliverance Temple

          Robert Everett Johnson, Sr., is the Overseer and Administrator of the New Jerusalem Deliverance Temple Church in the Westport area of Baltimore City where his wife is the pastor. He is an ordained minister and Bishop in the United Church of Jesus Christ ( Apostolic) where the late great Apostle Monroe Saunders, Sr. was the chief prelate and Bishop Monroe R. Saunders Jr. is the presiding Bishop.  He is the church historian of The United Church.

      Bishop was born September 9, 1947, in Washington, D.C. Bishop Johnson is the only child born to the late Elder John E. Johnson and Mother Desiree Johnson. He has been married to Pastor Jacqueline Faye-Saunders Johnson for the past 40 years. (She is the eldest daughter of Bishop Monroe R. Saunders Sr. and Mother Alberta Saunders). They have three children; Keturah Garrett, Katherine Faye, and Robert Jr. Bishop and Pastor now have five lovely grandchildren—Nicholas, Robert, Amaya, Kamryn and Kennedy.

      Bishop Johnson received his high school education in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1969. In 1976, he received his M.S. degree from Morgan State University in Black History. In 2004 he received his M.S. in Administration and Supervision from Johns Hopkins University. In 2009 he received his Doctorate in Religious Education from Outreach Bible College & Seminary in Fayetteville, NC.

      Bishop Johnson served in the Baltimore City Public Schools for ove 38 years.  He taught at Carroll County Community College. He has been featured in “Who’s Who in American Education” and on the cover of the Afro-American newspaper for his accomplishments.

      In the United Church of Jesus Christ (Apostolic), Bishop Johnson is the church historian and teacher. He is a counselor, consultant on Biblical Studies, and conducts seminars and workshops on Church History. He has served in many capacities as a member of the Board of Bishops. He has pastored in Florida, Glen Burnie, MD, and is currently working with his wife at New Jerusalem Deliverance Temple, in the Westport area, where “ THE POWER IS IN THE LOVE”.

      Bishop Johnson is an anointed man of God, who preaches and teaches the Word of God without controversy or compromise.