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Pastor of New York’s Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church to Preach
The Summer Sunday Worship Series at Montreat Conference Center continues Sunday, June 28, with the Rev. Dr. Scott Black Johnston, senior pastor at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, a New York City landmark. Rev. Johnston’s sermon, “Who Touched Me?” will be based upon readings from the New Testament Gospel of Mark and Psalm 130.
Rev. Dr. Black Johnston came to Fifth Avenue Presbyterian in 2008, having previously served as the Senior Pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, GA. Prior to that, he was a member of the faculty at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary where he taught preaching and worship. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School (New Haven, CT) and a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary (Princeton, NJ). He has co-authored one book, Theology for Preaching: Authority, Truth and Knowledge of God in a Postmodern Ethos, (Abingdon Press, 1997) and has numerous other published articles, sermons, and chapters in books. He is a frequent preacher on Day1 Radio (formerly The Protestant Hour) and at various church conferences around the country. At Montreat Conference Center, Rev. Johnston most recently preached at the 2008 “Church Unbound” conference.
Rev. Dr. Black Johnston and his wife Amy, a nurse practitioner, have been married for 17 years and are the parents of Izzy (10) and Ollie (5).
A study of the Psalms offered by Montreat Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) at 9:30 AM in the Presbyterian Heritage Center will focus on Psalm 116, led by Bill Straughan. Summer Sunday worship in Montreat Conference Center’s Anderson Auditorium begins at 11:00 AM. Child care is available for children six months through completed kindergarten at the Updike Child Care Center on Texas Road. Following worship, a lunch buffet is served at the Galax Dining Room in Assembly Inn, 12:00 noon to 1:30 PM.
Learn more about the Summer Worship Series at Montreat Conference Center.