The Encomium

-the Effect Produced on Others
"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to
have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sister Susanette Johnson
Reverend Susanette Johnson
is the daughter of the late
Pastor Theodore Johnson and
Mother Ruth Johnson.
She was saved at an early
age at Mt. Olive FBH Church
in Youngstown, Ohio. Sister
Johnson grew in the grace
and knowledge of Jesus
Christ.
The Lord blessed her to carry
his Word. She became a local
minister in October 2001, and
was later licensed as an
Ordained Minister of the Fire
Baptized Holiness Church.
Sister Johnson served as
Directress of Junior Mission
of the Northeast Ohio District
for 15 consecutive years. She
was the YPI Supervisor on
Northeast Ohio for 10 years.
Rev. Susanette Johnson is
currently a member of St.
Matthew FBH Church in
Columbus, Ohio where she
served as Superintendent of
the Sunday School, President
of the Pastor's Aide, a
member of the Usher Board,
Trustee Board, and the Choir.
Pastor Darlene Zanders
Pastor Theodore Johnson &
Mother Ruth Johnson
Pastor Theodore W. Johnson
was saved and became a
member of Mt. Olive Fire
Baptized Holiness Church in
Youngstown, Ohio in 1950,
where he met and married
Mother Ruth Jane McMullen
Johnson. He was called to
preach, received his local
license, and later on became
Ordained.
Pastor Johnson, Mother Ruth
Johnson, and their six (6)
children traveled many miles
over the district singing as
they went. His favorite song
was ?I t I s Well With My Soul?.
Mother Ruth Jane Johnson
was saved at an early age.
She was a member of the
FBH Church for over sixty
years.
She faithfully served the
Lord alongside her husband
while he was pastoring. After
Pastor Johnson went home to
be with the Lord, she served
under the leadership of her
daughter Pastor Darlene
Zanders at Mt. Sinai in
Wellsville.
Mother Johnson was a
church mother and a
licensed missionary.
Pastor Darlene Zanders
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