Kenn Johnson

Administrator of Building and Grounds

Kenn has been Spotswood's Administrator of Building and Grounds since March 2005. A few of his responsibilities include overseeing the daily operations of the church; building maintenance; personnel and business and finance.

Kenn earned his Bachelor of Science in Education (BS Ed) in Secondary Social Science from Georgia Southern University; his Masters of Education in Educational Leadership, Counseling/Student Personnel Services and Secondary Social Sciences from the University of West Georgia; and has completed the program of study of Education Doctorate (EdD) in Instructional Technology from the University of Tennessee.

He has held numerous positions at various schools and universities. As a retired Colonel in the US Army, Kenn also has an intimate knowledge of military life. He had many responsibilities from Assistant Professor of Military Science to Senior Reserve Advisor for the US Army Cadet Command.

Kenn and his wife, Judy, have been members of Spotswood since August 1996. They have two children: daughter Jyll (Johnson) Hearn and son Owen. During his free time Kenn enjoys camping, hiking, rappelling, volks marching, hunting and fishing. His life verse is Isaiah 40:31 "those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint" (NIV).

Testimony: "I grew up in a Christian family. When I was about 12 I had my 'Front Porch Conversion.' I went to see my friend, Thomas, one day and our pastor was sitting on the front porch talking to him about giving his life to the Lord. When I walked up our pastor said, 'Thomas is going to join the church on Sunday! Kenn, why don't you?' And I said, 'Sure, why not!' So, that Sunday I went forward at church and from that point I thought I was a Christian.

About half way through college I started living a very un-Christian life. When Judy and I got married, we moved and our first church we belonged to was a church in Mississippi. The third year we were there an announcement was made about the final meeting for a mission trip to Montana. I was curious about how I had missed the previous announcements but even more I wanted to know about the trip. I found out they were going to stay in cabins at Yellowstone National Park. Right outside the North gate is a little town called Garner, MO and they were going to work on building a church.

I thought it sounded like a great opportunity to go and Judy had never been to Yellowstone. My whole motivation to go this mission trip was so that Judy and I could spend a weekend at Yellowstone. Building the church was a side thought. It was a great deal, for $215 we had a 10 day vacation. It was not a "Road to Damascus" experience or anything but some how over the course of those 10 days the Lord worked in my life and convicted me. The life I had been living up to that point had not been a Christian life. I don't know what it was but something came over me very gradually. I convinced myself, and I think I was right, that I had never really been a Christian.

The day we got back home I walked in the front door and simply set our luggage down and walked straight to the refrigerator. I don't know what compelled me to do it but I gathered up all the beer and threw it in the trash can. Judy walked in and saw the luggage sitting there and wondered why I hadn't take it back to our bedroom. She came looking for me and found me standing in the kitchen. I think she realized then what had happened. She gave me a big hug and we stood there and cried. Before that day I used to cuss like a stable hand and just like that I quit drinking and cussing. I became a whole new person. What I know now, that I didn't know then, is that I have assurance of my eternal salvation."

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