Apostle Sylvester Davis Johnson
The Most Apostolic Primate / Establishmentarian
THE INTERNATIONAL APOSTOLIC VOICE OF DELIVERANCE
Apostle Sylvester Davis Johnson is an internationally known and much sought after preacher, teacher, singer, musician, and author. He is noted for his humility as a servant of the Lord. Recognized as having a call to nurture, train, and mentor spiritual sons, daughters, and pastors of new as well as established ministries, he has become the Apostolic covering of many. Apostle Johnson was listed as a member in the National Register’s Who’s Who in Executive and Professionals 2004-2005 Edition.
Reared in the home of a Bishop, the late Bishop William Monroe Johnson and Mother Marie Davis Johnson, he recognized the church as his mainstay and was converted at the age of ten (10) years old. He is a “life-member” and serves as the Senior Pastor of the Macedonia True Vine Pentecostal Holiness Church of God, Incorporated, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, currently, the Macedonia Worship Center. He is the Most Apostolic Primate/Establishmentarian of the True Vine Churches of Deliverance International (TVCOD), and served until August 2015 as the Jurisdictional Presiding Prelate of the Greater Memorial Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of TVCOD. Under his capable leadership, after succeeding his father, the local church has experienced tremendous growth.
Apostle Sylvester Davis Johnson has chaired and served on many boards of civic and religious organizations: Chairman, Shaw University CAPE Board; President, The Baptist Ministers Conference and Associates; co-chairman, Ministerial Coalition of Forsyth County; vice-president, Metropolitan YMCA Board; vice
president, Forsyth Prison Chaplaincy Board; member of the board, Voter Education Project (VEP) of Atlanta, Georgia; member of the board, North Carolina Central University Board of Visitors, School of Law; member of the board, Shaw University School of Divinity; member of board, NAACP; member of board, Step One SAFE Initiative of Forsyth County; member of board, Virginia Union University Advisory Board. He is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions in the WinstonSalem Triad area and around the country. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1964 from North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina. He also holds a Master of Divinity Degree from Miller University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Because of his years of experience and exemplary service, the following degrees were conferred: Doctorate of Divinity Degree, Miller University; Doctorate of Living Letters, United Christian College, Brooklyn, New York.
He was united in ministry and marriage to the former Billie Janetta Mason on February 14, 2004 after experiencing 37 prosperous years of marital union with the late Gwendolyn Darnell McQueen Johnson.
The following are highlights of the ministerial accomplishments of Apostle Johnson
- Received his call to the ministry in 1967
- Ordained an Elder in 1969
- Appointed to his first Pastoral assignment in 1970 (St Hope Temple TPVH, Martinsville, Virginia)
- Appointed Senior Pastor of the Macedonia True Vine Pentecostal Holiness Church of God, Incorporated (currently the Macedonia Worship Center) after the death of his father in 1975
- Consecrated to the Episcopal Office, October 1975
- Elected Presiding Prelate of the True Vine Pentecostal Holiness Churches of God, Incorporated in 1975
- Built a 2,000+ seating capacity, state of the art edifice (Johnson Memorial Sanctuary) in 1982
- Purchased WSMX Radio Station 1500 AM in 1982
- Establishmentarian, Presiding Prelate of the United Pentecostal Churches of Deliverance, Incorporated (UPCOD) in 1985
- The Most Apostolic Primate and Establishmentarian of the True Vine Churches of Deliverance International (TVCOD) in 1997
- Confirmed to the Apostolic Office in 1997
- As a prolific writer, he is the author of three books: o The Personality of Jesus Christ as Glorifying the Sovereignty of God o The Manifestation of the Holy Ghost Through Power o A Miracle Out of A Mess