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Bill Johnson (born July 18, 1951) is the senior leader of Bethel Church, a charismatic megachurch in Redding, California. The congregation has grown in membership from 2,000 when he joined in 1996, to over 11,000 in 2019. Johnson has taken public conservative positions on same-sex marriage, abortion, open borders, and many other topics. He is an author, functions as an itinerant speaker and has been featured in various media. Biography Johnson is a fifth-generation pastor and has held the position of senior leader at Bethel Church since 1996. He is known for leading a church and Christian movement with a large focus on miracles and the Holy Spirit. According to Christianity Today, Johnson has "considerable influence among charismatic Christians all over the world". Johnson joined Bethel with a stipulation that the message would always be about revival, with an emphasis on God's supernatural presence. The church lost a thousand members over his vision. However, under his leadership, the church has since grown from 2,000 members in 1996 to over 11,000 in 2019. His father, M. Earl Johnson, previously held the Senior Pastor position from 1968 to 1982, when Bethel Church was part of the Assemblies of God. Prior to this position, Johnson, along with his wife, served as the Senior Pastors of Mountain Chapel in Weaverville, California from 1978 to 1996. Johnson attended a John Wimber signs and wonders conference in 1987 with the specific goal of seeking a revival of healing. He left discouraged because he had been teaching the same concepts John Wimber had been teaching, but the outcome was drastically different. Johnson states that this discouragement brought about a realization that faith required risk, and after this realization, healing miracles began to happen. He traveled to Toronto, Canada in 1995 to attend some of the Toronto Blessing revival meetings. Johnson recounts receiving a fresh touch from God at these meetings that focused his life's work on pursuing the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit. In 1998, Johnson, along with Bethel Senior Associate Leader Kris Vallotton, started the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry to train students to become revivalists. The school has over 2,000 students from 57 countries. Johnson is also part of the Core Residential Faculty at Wagner University in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.[2] Archived November 12, 2021, at the Wayback Machine Brenda ("Beni"), the wife of Bill Johnson, passed away from cancer on 13 July 2022 [3]. Bill and Brenda Johnson have three children including: Brian Johnson, Eric Johnson and Leah Valenzuela. Popular culture Johnson has appeared in multiple documentaries, including Father of Lights and Holy Ghost Reborn, produced by Darren Wilson. He has also been interviewed and highlighted in several CBN news stories. He was featured on the cover of Charisma magazine in August 2016 with a story titled "Born for Revival." Johnson was also a guest on Sid Roth's It's Supernatural in October 2016. Johnson was featured in the 2018 documentary American Gospel: Christ Alone as a prominent figure in the prosperity gospel movement, emphasizing supernatural miracles as evidence of salvation. Johnson has also been the subject of criticism. Political and cultural views In 2016, Bill Johnson outlined why he voted for Donald Trump in a Facebook post, where he criticized abortion, open borders, the welfare system, same-sex marriage, socialism, political correctness and globalization, all as contrary to God's will. His wife and senior pastor, Beni Johnson, has also supported Donald Trump. Johnson again endorsed Trump in 2020. Bill Johnson opposes homosexuality calling it a sin and "violation of design". In a Facebook video blog he elaborated on the issue stating that "God did not make those human bodies to come together, to fit, in that way". In 2018, his church publicly opposed three bills in the California state legislature that would have restricted conversion therapy as they felt the bills might have restricted their ministry. Their opposition included a released statement, letters to legislators and encouragement of congregants to contact legislators through a sermon titled "What Would Jesus Do in a PC World?" by senior associate leader of the church Kris Vallotton and tweets, also by Vallotton, that specifically addressed those that had "come out of homosexuality". Published works When Heaven Invades Earth (Destiny Image Publishers, 2003) ISBN 0-7684-2952-8 The Supernatural Power of a Transformed Mind (Destiny Image Publishers, 2005) ISBN 0-7684-2252-3 When Heaven Invades Earth Devotional & Journal (Destiny Image Publishers, August 2005) ISBN 0-7684-2297-3 Shifting Shadow of Supernatural Power: A Prophetic Manual for Those Wanting to Move in God's Supernatural Power (co-author) (Destiny Image Publishers, August 2006) ISBN 0-7684-2369-4 Dreaming With God (Destiny Image, December 2006) ISBN 0-7684-2399-6 The Supernatural Ways of Royalty (co-author) (Destiny Image Publishers, 2006) ISBN 0-7684-2323-6 The Supernatural Ways of Royalty Leader's Guide (co-author) (Destiny Image Publishers, 2006) ISBN 978-0768415810 The Supernatural Power of a Transformed Mind 40-Day Devotional and Personal Journal (Destiny Image, September 2006) ISBN 0-7684-2399-6 ISBN 0-7684-2375-9 Here Comes Heaven!: A Kid's Guide to God's Supernatural Power (co-author) (Destiny Image, October 2007) ISBN 0-7684-2502-6 Face to Face with God (Charisma House, 2007) ISBN 978-1-59979-070-1 Strengthen Yourself in The Lord (Destiny Image Publishers, 2007) ISBN 0-7684-2427-5 A Life of Miracles: A 365-day guide to prayer and miracles (Destiny Image, February 2008) ISBN 978-0-7684-2612-0 Strengthen Yourself in the Lord (Audio Book) (Destiny Image, February 2008) ISBN 0-7684-2610-3 Release the Power of Jesus (Destiny Imae Publishers, 2009) ISBN 978-0768427127 The Essential Guide to Healing (co-author) (Chosen Books, 2011) ISBN 978-0-8007-9519-1 Walking in the Supernatural: Another Cup of Spiritual Java (Destiny Image Publishers, 2012) ISBN 978-0768440775 Hosting the Presence (Destiny Image Publishers, 2012) ISBN 9780768441291 Hosting the Presence Every Day: 365 Days to Unveiling Heaven's Agenda for Your Life (Destiny Image Publishers, 2014) ISBN 978-0768405248 Hosting the Presence Workbook: Unveiling Heaven's Agenda (Destiny Image Publishers, 2013) ISBN 978-0768403640 Invading Babylon: The 7 Mountain Mandate (co-author) (Destiny Image Publishers, 2013) ISBN 978-0768403350 Discovering Your Purpose: A Short Interview with Bill Johnson (Bill Johnson Ministries, 2014) ISBN 978-0989684729 Spiritual Java (Destiny Image Publishers, 2016) ISBN 978-0768434880 Healing Unplugged: Conversations and Insights from Two Veteran Healing Leaders (Destiny Image Publishers, 2016) ISBN 978-0800795276 Releasing the Spirit of Prophecy: The Supernatural Power of Testimony (Destiny Image Publishers, 2014) ISBN 978-0768414363 Experience the Impossible (Chosen Books, 2014) ISBN 978-0-800.... 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  • Building the Great Society synopsis, comments

    Building the Great Society

    Joshua Zeitz

    The author of Lincoln's Boys takes us inside Lyndon Johnson's White House to show how the legendary Great Society programs were actually put into practice: Team of Rivals for LBJ. ...

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    The Healing Power of the Holy Communion

    Joseph Prince

    Experience your healing as you encounter the Lord’s love through the holy Communion.Are you worried about a bad medical report? Or battling a chronic or incurable condition? Don’t ...

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    Experiences with the Energy Body

    Bill Johnson

    Bill did bellows breathing for year. This process allowed him to experience the flow of life force energy (prana) in his body and spine. He discovered that this life force was a re...

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    The Last Enforcer

    Charles Oakley

    In this “incredible read on some incredible days and nights in the old association” (Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPN senior NBA insider) Charles Oakleyone of the toughest and most loyal p...

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    Coup in Dallas

    H. P. Albarelli & Dick Russell

    The CIA, Dallas, and the Hard Details of the JFK AssassinationCoup in Dallas leaves speculation and theory aside to give the hard details of who killed President John F. Kennedy an...

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    Walking with the Muses

    Pat Cleveland

    An exciting account of the international adventures of fashion model Pat Clevelandone of the first black supermodels during the wild sixties and seventies.“Taking her reader throug...

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    How The Secret Changed My Life

    Rhonda Byrne

    An aweinspiring compilation of the most uplifting and powerful reallife stories from readers of the worldwide bestseller The Secret. Discover how everyday people completely transfo...

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    Swagger

    Jimmy Johnson & Dave Hyde

    FOX NFL Sunday analyst and legendary Hall of Fame head football coach Jimmy Johnsonthe first to win both a college football championship and a Super Bowlshares his longawaited, int...

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    Fifty Fashion Looks that Changed the 1970s

    DESIGN MUSEUM ENTERPRISE LTD & Paula Reed

    The Design Museum and fashion guru Paula Reed present Fifty Fashion Looks that Changed the 1970s. The most exciting, influential and definitive looks of one of the most significant...

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    Black Fox

    Matt Braun

    Black FoxMatt BraunBased on a true storyFor decades the Texas plains ran with the blood of natives and settlers, as pioneers carved out ranch land from ancient Indian hunting groun...

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    Enemies

    Tim Weiner

    The hidden history of the FBI and its hundredyear war against terrorists, spies, and anyone it deemed subversiveincluding even American presidents. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSEL...

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    Biography of a Phantom

    Robert Mack McCormick & John W. Troutman

    NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' PICK OF 2023The drama of In Cold Blood meets the stylings of a Coen brothers film in this longlost manuscript from musicologist Robert “Mack” McCormick, who...

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    Killing Kennedy

    Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard

    A riveting historical narrative of the shocking events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and the followup to megabestselling author Bill O'Reilly's Killing LincolnM...

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    Once a Giant

    Gary Myers

    The inside story of the Super Bowl champion 1986 Giants, the extraordinary friendships that resultedand stunning revelations about the hardships they faced, based on new interviews...

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    Wish It Lasted Forever

    Dan Shaughnessy

    From awardwinning Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy, an “entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) and nostalgiafilled retelling of the 1980s Boston Celtics’ glory years, which ...

  • One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up synopsis, comments

    One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up

    Wes Streeting

    The Sunday Times bestseller '[A] compelling story of overcoming adversity... Unexpectedly fascinating... amazingly inspiriting...' The Observer'...the vitality of the book lies i...

  • Colour Bar synopsis, comments

    Colour Bar

    Susan Williams

    Sir Seretse Khama, the first President of Botswana and heir apparent to the kingship of the Bangwato people, brought independence and great prosperity to his nation after colonial ...

  • Kernels to Storytelling Mastery synopsis, comments

    Kernels to Storytelling Mastery

    Bill Johnson

    Bill Johnson reviews popular movies like Groundhog Day, Lethal Weapon, and Die Hard to set out principles of storytelling.Many writers new to screenwriting are doing what they thin...

  • This Is Where Your Healing Begins synopsis, comments

    This Is Where Your Healing Begins

    Nigel Mumford

    “Do you want to be made well?”Jesus asked this question of the lame man in John 5:6. And it’s the same question those who endeavor to initiate or grow a healing ministry must ask t...

  • Game Face synopsis, comments

    Game Face

    Bernard King & Jerome Preisler

    A memoir by the NBA Hall of Fame player, active from 19771993 and widely regarded as one of the alltime great New York Knicks. NBA Hall of Famer Bernard King is one of the most dyn...

  • Reading To Write, a Novel Way to Write a Novel synopsis, comments

    Reading To Write, a Novel Way to Write a Novel

    Bill Johnson

    In Reading To Write, a Novel Way to Write a Novel, Bill Johnson uses detailed reviews of the opening pages of popular novels to guide new writers to a deeper understanding of story...

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    Sex with Presidents

    Eleanor Herman

    In this fascinating work of popular history, the New York Times bestselling author of Sex with Kings and The Royal Art of Poison uncovers the bedroom secrets of American presidents...

  • Impeachment synopsis, comments

    Impeachment

    Jon Meacham, Timothy Naftali, Peter Baker & Jeffrey A. Engel

    Four experts on the American presidency examine the three times impeachment has been invokedagainst Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clintonand explain what it means today.I...

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    Next Is Now

    Lior Arussy

    One of the world’s leading authorities on customercentric business transformation, Lior Arussyfounder and CEO of the global consulting firm Strativity Groupoffers “a revolutionary,...

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    The Traveling Feast

    Rick Bass

    Acclaimed author Rick Bass decided to thank all of his writing heroes in person, one meal at a time, in this "rich smorgasbord of a memoir . . . a soulnourishing, roadburning act o...

  • The Noble Renaissance synopsis, comments

    The Noble Renaissance

    Carrie Lloyd

    Discover the Seven Virtues of NobilityDo you ever wonder who you are, why you are here, and what really makes life worth living? Or perhaps something is holding you back from belie...

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    The Inside Out Man

    Fred Strydom

    A young musician receives an unusual offer from a wealthy stranger in this haunting story of psychological horror. Bent is a jazz pianist living gigtogig in a dark city of deadends...

  • The Secret to Love, Health, and Money synopsis, comments

    The Secret to Love, Health, and Money

    Rhonda Byrne

    This indepth masterclass from the author of the groundbreaking bestseller The Secret illustrates how to apply the law of attraction to three of life’s most important areas: relatio...

  • Greed and Glory synopsis, comments

    Greed and Glory

    Sean Deveney

    On October 28, 1986, just one day after winning one of the most thrilling World Series in history, the New York Mets were feted by more than two million fans with a parade through ...

  • Doomed to Succeed synopsis, comments

    Doomed to Succeed

    Dennis Ross

    A necessary and unprecedented account of America's changing relationship with IsraelWhen it comes to Israel, U.S. policy has always emphasized the unbreakable bond between the two ...

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    Vaxxers

    Sarah Gilbert & Catherine Green

    'Moving and aweinspiring... The story of the decade'Mail on Sunday'Vaxxers is so good that the book will be read for long after the pandemic is over'Financial Times'The amazing tal...

  • Domestic Manners of the Americans synopsis, comments

    Domestic Manners of the Americans

    Fanny Trollope

    When Fanny Trollope set sail for America in 1827 with hopes of joining a Utopian community of emancipated slaves, she took with her three of her children and a young French artist,...

  • We Promised You a Great Main Event synopsis, comments

    We Promised You a Great Main Event

    Bill Hanstock

    Unauthorized. Unrestricted. No holds barred.In We Promised You a Great Main Event, longtime sports journalist Bill Hanstock pulls back the curtain to give a smart fan’s account of ...

  • Presidents in Crisis synopsis, comments

    Presidents in Crisis

    Michael K Bohn

    Every American president, when faced with a crisis, longs to take bold and decisive action. When American lives or vital interests are at stake, the publicand especially the news m...

  • Working synopsis, comments

    Working

    Robert A. Caro

    “One of the great reporters of our time and probably the greatest biographer.” The Sunday Times (London)From the twotime Pulitzer Prizewinning author of The Power Broker and The Ye...

  • The Boston Celtics synopsis, comments

    The Boston Celtics

    Michael D. McClellan & Volk Jan

    Since the team’s inception in 1946, the Boston Celtics have been at the heart of the culture and history of the city they call home. And as Boston has transformed over the years, t...

  • The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Presidents, Part 2 synopsis, comments

    The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Presidents, Part 2

    Steven F. Hayward

    A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!

  • The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR synopsis, comments

    The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR

    Greg Engle

    When people think of NASCAR, many think of cars racing around a track. But those with a more intimate knowledge of the sport understand that there is much more to it. The Nuts and ...

  • Flat Out and Half Turned Over synopsis, comments

    Flat Out and Half Turned Over

    Buddy Baker & David Poole

    In Flat Out and Half Turned Over, driving phenomenon Buddy Baker details the most hilarious collection of racing stories, memories, and anecdotes ever published. Read about the bum...

  • The Presidents Club synopsis, comments

    The Presidents Club

    Nancy Gibbs & Michael Duffy

    The New York Times bestselling history of the private relationships among the last thirteen presidentsthe partnerships, private deals, rescue missions, and rivalries of those selec...