Ted
Johnston was born in Keene, New Hampshire, and grew up in Indiana. He entered Ambassador
College in Pasadena in 1969. There he met his future wife, Donna Graves, who grew up near
Albion, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Ambassador in 1972.
Ted
Johnston was born in Keene, New Hampshire, and grew up in Indiana. He entered Ambassador
College in Pasadena in 1969. There he met his future wife, Donna Graves, who grew up near
Albion, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Ambassador in 1972.
After two years at Ambassador, Ted transferred to California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, California, where he obtained a bachelor of science degree in landscape architecture while working for the Architecture and Engineering Department at Ambassador.
After graduation from Cal Poly, Ted and Donna married and soon thereafter moved to Colorado. They have two children, both now in college in Ohio--daughter Traci at Kent State University and son Joe at Ohio State University.
In Colorado, Mr. Johnston worked for 13 years as principal and vice president of an urban design and landscape architecture consulting firm. During those years the family attended the Fort Collins congregation, where Mr. Johnston served as a deacon and then an elder.
In 1987 he entered full-time pastoral ministry, taking the family to Kansas, where he served as associate pastor of the Kansas City South and Topeka, Kansas, congregations. In 1990 they moved to western Colorado, where he served for seven years as pastor of the Grand Junction and Craig congregations. During those years he also completed a masters degree in psychology at Regis University in Denver.
In 1997 the family moved to northeastern Ohio, where Mr. Johnston serves as pastor of the Akron-Canton congregation. He is also enrolled in the master of arts in religion degree program at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
Mrs. Johnston works part-time at a medical supplies company.
In 1999, in addition to his pastoral duties, Mr. Johnston began serving as superintendent of the newly formed Akron District, which includes congregations in six states. Mr. Johnston supervises 19 pastors who serve 31 congregations as follows.
Akron-Canton, Ohio: Ted and Donna Johnston
Beaver Valley, Pennsylvania: Bill and Edith Gressly
Cambridge, Ohio: Sam and Dorothy Templeton
Champaign, Illinois; Lafayette and Pendleton, Indiana: Jim and Pam Blackwell
Cincinnati, Ohio, East and Central: George and Vicki Hart
Cincinnati, Ohio, West and Erlanger, Kentucky: Gene and Susie Nouhan
Clarendon, Pennsylvania: Greg and Mary Munch
Columbus and Chillicothe, Ohio: John and Kristina Karlson
Dayton and Tipp City, Ohio; and Muncie, Indiana: Jim and Becky Valekis
Erie, Pennsylvania: Ed and Kathy Owens
Fort Wayne, Indiana: Roger and Donna Abels
Franklin, Pennsylvania: Bill and Carol Deets
Indianapolis, Indiana, A.M.: Samuel and Charlsetta Willis
Indianapolis P.M., Columbus and Terre Haute, Indiana: David and Jonnie Perry
Johnstown, Pennsylvania: Forrest and Mary Lou Walker
Pittsburgh and Indiana, Pennsylvania: Jon and Ila Kurnik
Richmond, Indiana: James and Gwendolyn Deshong
Wheeling, West Virginia; Mount Pleasant and Washington, Pennsylvania: Tom and Pam Smith
Youngstown, Ohio: John and Mary Dobritch
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