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This book encapsulates the seminal work Bishop Johnson first
presented to the School of Ministry for the Full Gospel Baptist
Church Fellowship in July 1995. The content has been revised, so as
to impart to the leaders of the 21st century church; particularly
pastors and elders; territorial overseers; auxiliary leaders;
bishops; apostles; and prophets.
This book is the story of a man who was raised in one of the
world's largest and best-known hetero-doxical religions; and walked
away to become a minister in the Baptist Church. Bishop Johnson's
mother became a Jehovah's witness when he was six months old, so
growing up Watchtower doctrine was all he knew. He left the
Jehovah's witnesses at the age of twenty-three; and his younger
sister left as well, three years later. Watchtower doctrine
mandates that all Jehovah's witnesses in good standing must shun
anyone who either leaves the organization, or is cast out - even
members of one's own family. In the first chapter Bishop Johnson's
story begins with a tribute to his late mother; who refused to
alienate her children, and probably came under harsh scrutiny as a
result. In the book he tells the reader about the Society's
controversial disciplinary policy, called "Disfellowshiping;" while
at the same time giving the reader a whimsical look at life in the
Kingdom Hall he attended for most of his childhood. Bishop Johnson
wrote "From Kingdom Hall to Kingdom Call" to be an inspiration and
offer words of encouragement to Jehovah's witnesses; ex-Jehovah's
witnesses; student Jehovah's witnesses; and all other seekers to
'The Truth.' As his story draws to a close, he writes: "You might
not remember more than half the stories I have told you in this
book: a lot of what I have told you has absolutely nothing to do
with the 'end story;' but if you take nothing else away from my
story, please let it be the deliberateleness by which the Holy
Spirit moves us into the path of our destiny, if we are willing to
let Him - if we don't try to push back against the tailwind."
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