James C. Johnson accepted the call to Pastor NorthStone Baptist Church on Wednesday, March 9, 2016. He was born in Charleston, S.C. before moving to Minneapolis, MN as a young man. Pastor Johnson began attending Calvary Baptist Church in Robbinsdale, MN under the ministry of Dr. Mike Monte. Dr. Marc Monte served as Johnson's Youth Pastor. Pastor Johnson served the Lord as the Senior Pastor of Temple Baptist Church in Muncie, Indiana from April 2008 –March 2016. Before serving at Temple, he served on the staff of Good News Mission in Indianapolis for 8 years (May 2000 – April 2008). While at GNM he was the Director of the Youth Center and the Business Manager. Pastor Johnson has served in full time Christian ministry since May of 2000. He was licensed to preach by Faith Baptist Church of Avon, Indiana in September of 2003 and formally ordained at Lighthouse Baptist Church in Indianapolis in March of 2007.

After attending Bob Jones University, (97-98) & Pensacola Christian College (99-00), Pastor Johnson earned his degree from Indiana Baptist College which he completed in 2002.

Pastor and his lovely wife, Britan, have 3 sons; Marc, Andrew, and Matthew. They enjoy serving the Lord as a family and look forward to seeing what God has in store with the people of NorthStone Baptist Church.

Also, in an effort to “contend for the faith” in the public square, Pastor Johnson writes OpEd articles which have been published in a variety of secular newspapers including the IndyStar, the Pensacola News Journal, the Star Press and many more.

Further, Pastor Johnson is the host of the Strength For Life radio segments which can be heard on numerous radio stations throughout Pensacola, and across the country.