Pastor Shane L. "Doc" Johnson serves New Life Church as our Lead Pastor. He has pastored five churches in Ohio since 1984.
Shane graduated Southeastern University in 1984 with a B.A. in Pastoral Ministries, and from Ashland Theological Seminary in 1998 with an M.Div. in Bible. In 2003 he graduated from Ashland with a D.Min. in Leadership.
In addition to being the lead Pastor at New Life, Pastor Shane is also an adjunct professor at The Malone University School of Theology and Ashland Theological Seminary, and serves as an affiliate faculty member at Indiana Wesleyan University in Cleveland.
Pastor Shane also served Emerge Ministries in Akron as a pastoral counselor to clergy on the Ministerial Enrichment HelpLine from June of 1998 through mid December of 2008.
In the fall of 2005 Doc began his consulting practice, barnabasconsulting.org.
His wife, Kathy, and he have four children: Nathan, Seth, Olivia, and Micah.
During his off time Doc enjoys exercise, the outdoors- including the shooting sports, working his Deutsch Drahthaar gun dog Max, and fly fishing, reading (scripture, history, leadership, biography, politics), the study of gourmet cooking, collecting Easton Press leather bound editions, a game of billiards with his son Micah, and going to dinner with his wife Kathy.
You may reach Pastor Johnson at shjohnson@malone.edu.
Articles & Resources for Church Workers
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Starting a Greeter Program
Four years ago I accepted the challenge of evangelism chairperson for our church. One of the first programs the pastor and I developed was the Sunday morning greeter program. -
Motivating the Right Person into the Right Ministry
One of the greatest challenges for most leaders is selecting and motivating the right people into the right ministry positions in hopes of minimizing turnover and frustration. Even in the smaller church with limited personnel, it is important to coordinate people and ministry as much as possible. -
“I TRIED, BUT NO ONE EVER CALLED ME”
“I tried, but no one ever called me” are painful words for a leader who has much work to do and not enough people willing to do it. These words are painful for the person who wanted to contribute, but was never called. These are also painful words for a person who is committed to helping people connect and contribute in meaningful ways within the church.
