Rev. Dr. Kevin Johnson sat down for his first interview since becoming senior pastor of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church.
NEW YORK — After a nearly two-year search, Rev. Dr. Kevin R. Johnson is the new senior pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem . He officially took over the position in mid-July.Johnson is leading a congregation steeped in history, and for him, it's a homecoming.He joined Abyssinian in 1997 along with his wife, Kimya. He was later an assistant pastor and left in 2007 to lead Bright Hope Baptist Church in Philadelphia before starting his own congregation there, Dare to Imagine Church.
Johnson addresses controversy at Bright Hope in PhiladelphiaJohnson left Bright Hope in Philadelphia in 2014 under a cloud of controversy after reportedly clashing with some congregants.'When people search you up online, they're going to see this brilliant man, graduated the top of his class at Morehouse ... They're also going to see what happened at Bright Hope in Philadelphia ...
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