About

Jim Johnson

Welcome

Thank you for visiting the Justapreacher Ministries website. This ministry is focused on being used by God to help the church refocus her thoughts and energies back to the Lord Jesus. In this day of the church trying almost every fad or program in hopes of church growth, we believe that Jesus meant it when He said that He would build His church. It is time that His people stop seeking a formula and return to seeking Him.

During my years of serving as a pastor of different churches in the U.S., I became burdened with the fact that most churches were looking at life and ministry through man’s eyes instead of seeking God’s plan for each local church. We love to quote Proverbs 3:5-6 about not leaning on our own understanding, and in all our ways acknowledging Him, and how He would direct our paths. However, this was not the case when it came to the daily life of the church. Over time, many churches take their direction from the church policy manual instead of seeking what God wants to do in each situation. We had talked about following God and even sang songs about it, but we had stopped following God. The Principles of a God-Centered Church came out of what God was showing me as I wrestled with this issue.

Justapreacher Ministries’ purpose is to preach and teach God’s Word to the church: to call Christians to a renewed and refreshed relationship with Jesus as we go back to looking at God’s Word through God’s eyes, and not ours. The focus moves from our effort and our energy to God’s power released through those who obey Him in faith. We have many different formats available to get God’s Word to His people, from seminars, to revival services, to pulpit supply. If you see God desiring to use this ministry to bring Biblical revival to your church or Christian ministry, please contact us so we can seek God’s timing in scheduling.

Mission

To prepare the church for the return of the Lord Jesus Christ, by using the foolishness of preaching and the power of God’s Word to call His people to repentance and a return to their first love.

About Jim Johnson

Jim & Becky Johnson

Reverend Jim Johnson is the founder and president of Justapreacher Ministries, Inc. Jim has served as a pastor in Louisiana, Illinois, and Florida.

In 2005, God called Jim to travel and speak to the Body of Christ, encouraging and reviving believers with the Word of God, and preparing the Bride of Christ for her Groom. He founded Justapreacher Ministries as a response to that call.

A renowned preacher and Bible teacher, Jim travels and speaks throughout the United States and internationally. He also teaches local Bible studies and has a daily radio program called Challenge for Today. Jim and his wife Becky are based in Indian Harbour Beach, Florida, and they enjoy spending time with their three adult children when they aren’t traveling.

What We Believe

Plan of Salvation
  • We believe the Bible to be the inspired word of God.
  • We believe in one God eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
  • We believe that God created the heavens and earth from nothing.
  • We believe man was created in the image and likeness of God with the ability to choose good or evil. Adam chose to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in direct rebellion against what God had instructed. As a result of his decision, sin entered the world and with it, death.
  • We believe Adam’s sin, which separated him from God, was imputed to all people born thereafter. All men are sinners and separated from God from birth. Man is spiritually dead and in need of regeneration referred to as justification or being "born again."
  • We believe Jesus left the glory of heaven to come to earth and be the substitutionary atonement for the sin of mankind. Salvation is an instantaneous act of God in which He considers the sin of the person forgiven, imputes the righteousness of Christ to the person’s account, and declares the person righteous in Christ. This gift of salvation is received by faith in Christ alone and not through any works we do.
  • We believe when a person is truly born again, God sends the Holy Spirit as a guarantee that what He started He will bring to fruition and adopts the person into the family of God.
  • We believe God works in the life of the believer to conform the believer to the image of Christ. The believer goes from one level of glory to the next, which is sometimes referred to as sanctification. The final stage of the salvation process is glorification when the believer will be absent from the body and present with the Lord.
  • We believe the Rapture of the Church is the next item on God’s agenda and will precede a time of tribulation which will end with the Second Coming of Christ. At that time He will usher in a 1000-year period of time known as the Millennium. It is during this time period when God will fulfill His promises to Israel.
  • We believe there will be a resurrection of life for the believer and a resurrection of judgment for the unbeliever. The final destiny of the believer is the New Jerusalem, and the final destiny for the unbeliever is the lake of fire.