Pastor Troy, as he is affectionately known, is the continuing legacy of a strong Christian family. His father Felix Johnson is an ordained Deacon; and his mother, Rev. Audrey Johnson, is an ordained preacher and pastor. He was born and raised in New Orleans, LA. In 1986 Pastor Troy was called to the preaching ministry at the Beacon Light Baptist Church under the leadership Rev. Dr. Kirk Byron Jones. He moved to New York shortly after that and served as an associate minister at Saint Paul Community Baptist Church in Brooklyn. He remained there for nine years under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Johnny Ray Youngblood. While in New York, he also worked as a substance abuse counselor, a substance abuse intervention specialist for the New York School System and the Director of Youth Empowerment for the Boys and Girls Club of America.

Pastor Johnson returned to the New Orleans community in 1995 and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology from Southern University at New Orleans. He attended New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in pursuit of a Master of Divinity and a Master of Art in Counseling until Hurricane Katrina caused him to relocate to Houston. During his time in New Orleans, Rev. Troy taught in the Orleans Parish School System; worked as a HIV/AIDS Case Manager; and served as an associate minister at Christian Unity Baptist Church, under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Dwight Webster. Lead by the Holy Spirit, in 1999 Pastor Johnson founded the Deliverance Community Baptist Church, and instituted peer review curriculum for young preachers which was dubbed ‘The Preacher’s Clinic.’ Pastor Johnson served his congregation, his colleagues, and the community as Senior Pastor of the Deliverance until August of 2005. 

As a result of the devastation suffered in New Orleans, due to Katrina, Pastor Johnson and many of his family members relocated to Houston. Led by the Holy Spirit in July of 2009 Pastor Johnson organized a new fellowship, The Fresh Start Community Church of Houston Texas. Pastor Johnson completed a BS in Speech Pathology and Audiology from Southern University in New Orleans, a Master of Art in Counseling  and Master of Divinity from Houston Graduate School of Theology, a Master of od Science from Walden University and he is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Walden University

Pastor Johnson is a  highly regarded revivalist, lecturer, life coach and counselor. He has traveled extensively preaching the good news of Jesus Christ and compelling the lost to come to Christ. His peers highly respect him as a seasoned colleague; he has had the opportunity to teach on various community-related issues in both secular and spiritual arenas. He is known for his rich, vibrant preaching and for working with hurting people. Pastor Johnson believes that the Church is Gods’ greatest weapon to fight poverty, self-hatred, hunger, and ignorance. 
He is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Music Fraternity, and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. Out of all of Pastor Johnson’s accomplishments, his most important and proudest role is that of the father, grandfather, and pastor.

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“It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23