Mitchell Spotlights ‘Extraordinary Ministry of Rocellia Johnson’
By Cora Jackson-Fossett, Religion Editor
Published April 7, 2021
The book cover of “An Untraditional Fire.” (Courtesy photo)
The Los Angeles-area faith community is quite familiar with the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Rocellia Johnson. While he passed away in 2018, he left an indelible mark that many still imitate today.
Johnson not only founded Bethany Baptist Church of West Los Angeles in 1958, but he also established Bethany Christian Bible College (BCBC) in 1978 and served several years as executive director of the National Evangelism Movement (NEM).
Throughout his long ministry, thousands of people accepted Christ as their Savior and an equal number accepted their call to preach the Gospel. Johnson influenced countless lives and now, author Harry Mitchell III is relating the tremendous extent of the evangelist’s reach in a new book, “An Untraditional Fire: The Extraordinary Ministry of Rocellia Johnson.
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