Merging with grace

"it could be said that jesus came to put things together again. dr. johnson walks in the footsteps of the carpenter as he shares with care, sensitivity, wisdom, and creativity the story and practice of merging two congregations to form one church. read and discover how, with grace and love, the two can become one." -  john w. kinney, phd, dean and professor of thelogy, samuel dwett proctor school of theology, virginia union university rev. dr. greg johnson is an american baptist pastor. greg is the senior pastor of cornerstone community church in endicott, ny. he served as the pastor of beautiful plain baptist church prior to merging beautiful plain and lincoln avenue. he earned his doctorate from northeastern seminary, rochester new york. his dissertation was entitled: systems approach as a strategy to nurturing health in a merged congregation. dr. johnson is a graduate of the samuel dewitt proctor school of theology virginia union, richmond, virginia with a masters of divinity. he also serves as a chaplain for our lady of lourdes memorial hospital, binghamton, ny. in addition, he is the current president on the new york state american baptist board of missions.