Bishop Dr. Johnson Ejomah

EARLY LIFE

Johnson Ejomah is a Nigerian American minister and a Pentecostal Bishop. He is the senior pastor of Bethesda Community Church Int’l Incorporated located in the city of Antioch, California. Bishop Ejomah is one of ten children born to Mr. Oghenerurie and Mrs. Ajiro Ejomah. His parents divorced at a young age and as a result he was subsequently raised by his uncle in extremely difficult circumstances.

EARLY EDUCATION AND MINISTRY

Bishop J. Ejomah received Christ in 1976 at age 24 under the ministry of Bethesda Gospel Mission Int’l Inc., an arm of well known Church of God Mission International Inc., as he was contemplating suicide as a result of the hopeless situation he was in. A year after his commitment to Christ, he felt the call of God to the ministry to preach the gospel to serve his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As one of his early assignments, his senior pastor at the time mandated him to ride a borrowed bicycle to and fro a total of 28 miles to pastor a local branch before acquiring any formal education. In 1979, he was admitted to attend All Nations For Christ Bible Institute located in Benin City, Nigeria under the late Archbishop Benson Idahosa. This was a formal one year ministry education. After successful completion of this program, he was posted to work under the leadership and mentorship of Archbishop Christian Owoma Aggrey. He eventually became his personal assistant and served as his Provost before migrating to the USA. Again, in 1984, he got a scholarship to do another one year program at Elim Bible Institute in Lima, NY. Bishop Ejomah eventually earned his Bachelor of Ministries from International Bible Institutes in Orlando, FL, and his Masters of Ministries from Golden State school of Theology in Oakland, CA.

MARITAL STATUS

Bishop Ejomah was united with the love of his life Rev. Mrs. Charity Ejomah in April 1984 and is blessed with two adult children. He and his wife are blessed with two grandsons so far with expectations of more to come by God’s grace.

CURRENT MINISTRY

The Bishop migrated to the United States in 1987 as a minister under the ministry of Bethesda Gospel Mission Int’l Inc. (headquartered in located in Irri, Delta State, Nigeria), which was under the leadership of the now late Archbishop C.A. O Apena, his spiritual father. Getting to the United States, he served under the leadership of the late Pastor Tommie Bradford, the senior Pastor of Independent Community Church of Richmond, California. He served for 14 years as the Director of Independent’s Prison Ministry, a group he founded and ran with the cooperation of 5 different churches as they ministered the gospel to inmates in San Quentin Prison, San Bruno County Jail, City Jail in San Francisco, Richmond County Jail and the County Jail in Martinez. In 2001, his family relocated to Antioch, California, where he currently serves as the Founder and Senior pastor of Bethesda Community Church International Incorporated.