Washington Johnson II currently serves as the Director of Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, the

ecclesiastical endorsing agency for the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists.

Johnson is an ordained Seventh-day Adventist Minister, Board Certified Chaplain by The

National Association of Veteran Affairs Chaplains. He is additionally responsible for the

National Service Organization (NSO) which support Seventh-day Adventists members serving in

the Armed Forces with religious accommodations, emerging Department of Defense policies and

advise church leadership, members on military service.

His pastoral ministry has spanned throughout the South Central and Northern California

Conferences of Seventh-day Adventists, He served as Editor in Chief of Message Magazine,

published a book in 2023 entitled: A Christian's Journey Toward Social Justice, Equality, and

Freedom. He was commissioned in the United States Navy in 1998.

Johnson is an alumnus of Oakwood University (Huntsville, AL), the Seventh-day Adventist

Theological Seminary (Berrien Springs, MI), and Reformed Theological Seminary (Clinton,

MS), receiving Bachelor of Arts, Master of Divinity, and Doctor of Ministry degrees,

respectively. He is married to Joyce Johnson, Ph.D., Dean of Washington Adventist University’s

School of Graduate and Professional Studies (SGPS), and has one son, Washington Johnson III,

MD a surgery resident at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, WA. His favorite scriptural passage

is “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13