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I grew up in the country of Brazil because my parents were missionaries there. At the age of ten I accepted Jesus as my personal Savior and Lord. From a very young age I wanted to be an architect, but during my senior year in high school I felt the Lord calling me into ministry. I dedicated my life to full-time Christian ministry on January 24, 1984. Later I came to understand that was to the pastorate.
After graduating from high school in Brazil I returned to the United States and attended Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, TX, graduating with a Bachelors in Business Administration.
In August of 1988, I married the most beautiful native Brazilian woman, Claudia. Later that month I began my Masters in Theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX, graduating in December of 1991.
In April 1992, God called Claudia and me to Yuma, Arizona to start a church. We spent the following 14 years in Yuma growing a family personally and the family of God through Oasis Church.
We have two daughters, Amanda who is 17 years old and Andrea who is 15 years old.
After 14 years in Yuma, God called us to Tucson, AZ to serve at Mountain View Baptist Church. I began my time here at Mountain View on June 1, 2006. I look forward to what God will do through us as we move forward together.
When not working I enjoy reading, spending time with my family, hiking, and eating Mexican food.
I was born April 2nd 1970 in Hammond IN. I grew up outside Chicago IL where my dad served as a Southern Baptist minister. My father Alvin Johnson is my hero and my mother Latrica Johnson is a great woman of God. At the age of ten I gave my heart and life to Jesus Christ. At the age of sixteen I surrendered to God's call to serve him in full time ministry. After graduating from high school I attended Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar MO. In 1993 I graduated with a BA in Religious Education. After graduating from college I was called as Minister of Youth to Trinity Baptist Church in Naperville IL. While serving the Lord there I met my wife Tanya and we were married July 15 1995. Tanya is the love of my life and my main support in my ministry. We have four daughters Catilin, Hannah, Camryn and Brooke. I fully understand that my greatest calling is to be a husband and father to my beautiful wife and children.
Since 1993 I have served as Minister of Youth, Minister of Children, Associate Pastor and Chaplin ministry. I have been humbled by the way God has used me in ministry and the ways he has stretched me as a man of God. Only Christ holds the power to change the hearts and lives of people. So my challenge is to remain at the feet of Jesus and point others to him! If we as a church family seek to truly follow Jesus and have a faith that impacts lives other than our own … we will bring glory to God. I am honored to serve as Family Pastor here at Mountain View Baptist Church.
Diana was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. She is a graduate of Amphitheater High School. Go Panthers! She has been married to Jeff for 24 years. Jeff is retired Air Force. They have three children, Danielle 22, Michaela 18, and Cole 12. Diana has only lived one other place, Sembach West Germany. That is where Danielle was born. Diana and Jeff are hoping to get back there one of these days for a vacation. Diana has a brother and a sister who both also live here in Tucson. Diana's parents are both with the Lord. Both lost their physical battle to cancer. Her father worked at Magma/BHP Copper Mine in San Manuel and her mother worked for the Amphitheater School District in the food service area.
Diana worked in retail after graduating from high school. She was part of the crew that opened the Dillard's at the Tucson Mall. She has worked in almost every area of that store. Before leaving she was the shoe manager at the Tucson Mall. Diana has been working for Centennial Elementary school for the past 8 years. She was a paraprofessional in the Title I Reading Lab, working with children that have reading problems. She recommends volunteering at a school to everyone.
Diana has been attending Mountain View 14 years. They were members of a small church on the west side for a number of years before moving their membership. Diana has a heart for children. She is currently the 3rd and 4th grade Sunday School teacher and is the Vacation Bible School director. She also leads a Monday night Bible study for women here at the church. Diana believes that service is one of her many gifts.
Sally came to Tucson in December 2003, two years after the death of her husband of 46 years. She joined the staff of Mountain View part-time in January '05. Sally and her husband, Don had lived in Oklahoma for 15 years. They were originally from Louisiana and moved to Dallas for 10 years before moving to Oklahoma. Sally worked for the Army and Air Force Exchange Service in Shreveport and Dallas and retired in 1980. She later received an Associate Degree in Business from Mountain View Community College in Dallas and then went back to school and received a nursing degree from Murray State College in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. While in Oklahoma, she worked as a nurse in a local nursing facility for the elderly for several years.
Sally and Don have three children. Daughter Donna and son-in-law Walter, live in Okla. She is an RN at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas; son Don, Jr., moved to Tucson. He is also an RN, at Northwest Medical Center on LaCholla. Son, Scott, a graduate of University of Texas (Arlington) in engineering works at Raytheon here in Tucson. Her youngest granddaughter, Andie, daughter of son Scott and daughter-in-law Angie, lives here in Tucson. She also has a granddaughter, Rachael, here in Tucson, two grandsons in Oklahoma and one granddaughter and a great grandson, Liam, in Montana.
Sally joined MVBC after having visited two or three times when visiting her family here in Tucson. When moving here, she had no doubts as to which church she would join. Knowing God had a purpose for her in Tucson, she visited the ministry fair held at MVBC in the fall of '04 and with her love and dedication to the elderly found the ministry offered by Northwest Interfaith Center to be that purpose. Now known as ICS (Interfaith Community Services) they offer services to the elderly, handicapped, needy and homebound in Tucson. She has helped with driving services to grocery stores, pharmacies and doctor's appointments. Also, being a nurse, she serves at ICS by doing evaluations in the homes of those needing additional help or community assistance. This helps elderly people to be able to stay in their homes as long as possible. This association has been a real blessing in her life.
Linda and her husband, Bernie, have been members of MVBC since the first Sunday of January, 1995. They had been members of another Baptist church in the east central part of Tucson for 7 years, where two of their three children graduated from the church’s Christian school. They lived in the Tucson Mountains at the time and when the children had all left home, they felt the need to find a church closer to home to use their gifts and talents in and Mountain View was a perfect fit. Linda has been the church pianist since almost the first Sunday and Bernie has been the lead sound technician since then.
Bernie and Linda are originally from Indiana where they were grain farmers and then moved to Texas, again as grain farmers. After losing their farm in 1984, the Lord led them to Tucson. They now have ownership in the Arizona Pistachio Nursery, where they now grow trees, rather than grain – just a different commodity.
They have three children, Carmen, also a member of MVBC, who is currently the Preschool Director, and works for a software company, twin boys, Alan, who works for an engineering company in Tucson and Bruce, who owns his own IT company here in Tucson. At the present time, there are 7 grandchildren, however, that number varies on a regular basis since their son and daughter-in-law are involved in foster care. Five of those 7 have been adopted and since January of 2002, there have been a total of 45 foster/grandchildren to be loved and cared for by the whole family. It has been a real ministry with many blessings. It is a special blessing to have all three of their children right here in Tucson.
Linda is a self-employed bookkeeper who contracts to keep the financial records for the church and has done so since 2003.
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