Pleasant Hill Church of Deliverance

The vision of the visionary, Pastor Gene Johnson was birthed unbeknown to him many years ago. As the Potter began to mold the clay, the Potter in preparation for his ministry, equipped him to be one of compassion, integrity, and humility.

Pastor Johnson received the Baptism of the Holy Ghost under the leadership of Bishop David Allen Sr. of the Christ Temple Church in Houston, Texas.

While at Christ Temple, Pastor Johnson served in many facets of ministry faithfully. His passion was and still is outreach. He served diligently with the street and prison ministries, he established a food pantry and ministered to troubled teens at the Crocket Boys Reform School. Out of great compassion for ministry and a need to see young men not end up like he did, in a life of drugs and alcohol abuse, Pastor Johnson became a foster parent for "high risk" teenage boys. Even though Pastor Johnson no longer keeps “high risk” teenagers, he still mentors them as well as other men. He understands the challenges that these young men face because he once walked in their shoes.

In July 1997, Pastor Johnson along with his wife Lady Gail and their son Terance was released by the Holy Spirit to become Pastor of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. In July (2009) Pastor Gene and Lady Gail will celebrate 12 years in ministry. We know that the number 12 represents divine order. The work that God started in Pastor Johnson has truly been divinely ordered. Pastor Johnson has seen many lives transformed both in mind and spirit during this time.

God has given the Man of this house a clear blueprint for Pleasant Hill. It is direct and concise. This ministry is a ministry like none other. It is a ministry that is dedicated to rebuilding and transforming lives all over the world. God gave us the mandate and we are determined to fulfill the commission and bring the blueprint to life.

There are many phases to the vision that God has given Pastor Johnson and by the grace of God the first part of the vision has come to past. In January 2005, Pleasant Hill Church walked into a new edifice that is totally dedicated to God. This edifice houses our administrative offices, classrooms, community outreach programs, media center, toddler center and sanctuary.

Pastor Johnson is very involved in the operations of each ministry of the church as well as he is involved in community activities. He is on the Pastoral Board for the Cenikor Foundation in Deer Park, Texas. He has an instrumental voice in the City of La Porte where he works closely with the City Manager, Councilman and Mayor. He is always seeking opportunities to bring improvement to the community not only spiritually but naturally as well.

Pastor Johnson has been married to the love of his life, Lady Gail Johnson for 29 years. They have two beautiful children, Nicole and Terance (Daisy); and they have six grandchildren, Dejah, Lyric, Teryn, Mark, Tionne, and Teriencio.

As God continues to add to the vision, the visionary will yield to the call, wait for the vision knowing that the vision is for an appointed time, and in the end it shall speak and shall not lie.

Pastor Johnson is blessed to have a powerful spiritual father, Bishop Vaughn McLaughlin, Covenant Fellowship International in Jacksonville, Florida.