#MantleMondays (3.10) with guest: Apostle Karen Johnson-Williams and host: Bishop Travell Travis, Esq.
Apostle Karen E. Johnson has been involved in church ministry her entire life being a Pastor’s daughter. She developed a special love for God at an early age and acknowledged her call to the ministry as a young, married woman. Her spoken word ministry has blessed the body of Christ all over this nation for more than 30 years now.
Apostle Johnson serves as the senior pastor and Overseer of Christian Love Church in Vineland, NJ. She is the mother of four children. She has also been blessed with two sons in love, and two daughters in love. Apostle Johnson is also the proud grandmother of thirteen. She is one of six siblings who are all active Officers and Leaders in the body of Christ.
Apostle Johnson is a noted Singer, Musician, Songwriter, Producer, Recording Artist, Christian Drama Playwright, Producer, and Event Planner and Decorator Extraordinaire. For years she served as the Minister of Music, Choir Director, and the Praise and Worship Leader at Apostolic Deliverance Church where her father, the late Bishop King Burnett pastored.
Although Apostle Johnson has a special love for young people and desires to see souls come into the Kingdom, people of all ages enjoy and respond to her anointed ministry. Her power-packed preaching style releases her to flow in the five-fold ministry as identified in the 4th chapter of Ephesians. These indwelling gifts have caused her to be recognized with many awards and honors. In May of 2013, she founded Kingdom Connection Fellowship of Churches, becoming the Apostolic covering for churches/ministries in the Tri-State Area. On May 19th, 2014, by the divine will and purpose of God, Apostle Johnson received an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy, Doctor of Divinity, and Master of Arts degrees, from the City of Hope Bible College. In May of 2015, she became the founder of the South Jersey Leading Ladies.
On May 16th, 2016, hands were laid on her by a College of Bishops and Apostles who sanctioned her Affirmation and Ascension into the Episcopal Service of an Apostle. In May of 2017, Apostle founded the W-A-T-C-H Foundation, which is the acronym for What About the Children. In April of 2018, she hosted her first Relationship Symposium, blessing countless. Then in February of 2019, she hosted her first Singles Mingle.
Apostle Johnson is passionate about her calling and is adamant about doing ALL that she does with the Spirit of Excellence. She leads by example, allowing her character, abilities, strength, and integrity to speak loudly and clearly.
Although formidable be the call on her life and the well-deserved acknowledgments by others, her greatest joy is in knowing that she is a servant of the King, obediently walking out her God-ordained destiny and purpose.