Evangelist Chapel AME Church
Staff & Leaders

Rev. Brenda Johnson
Pastor

Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Reverend Brenda Johnson grew up in Maywood, Illinois – a suburb of Chicago. A gifted and passionate preacher, educator and administrator, Rev. Johnson holds a Master of Education degree in Curriculum and Instruction from National-Louis University, McLean, Virginia, and is pursuing a PhD in Education from Walden University. Nearly all her life, Rev. Johnson has been a member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. While growing up in Maywood she attended Canaan AME Church and J.W. James AME Church where she acknowledged her call to ministry at 16 years of age, preached her initial sermon at 19, and served as Youth Minister for many years. Rev Johnson was ordained an itinerant elder in the Chicago Annual Conference of the 4th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church by the late Bishop Samuel S. Morris. Her ministry experience spans two continents – North America and Europe. While living in Adana, Turkey, Rev Johnson was actively involved in the Gospel Service at Inçirlik Air Base. She served as president of the Ministerial Alliance, Children’s Church Coordinator, and protestant representative to the Base Chapel Advisory Board. Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie appointed Rev Johnson as the first female pastor of Primm Chapel AME Church in La Marque, Texas in November 2014 Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie appointed Rev Johnson as the pastor of Evangelist Chapel AME Church in Houston, Texas in November 2018