Dr. William T. Johnson, Treasurer

The Reverend Dr. William T. Johnson is the pastor of the Historical Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church in Summerton, South Carolina and has been for the past twenty-nine (29) years. He is the son of James and Eva Johnson. Reverend Johnson is a native of Sumter, South Carolina, where he attended and graduated in 1977 from Hillcrest High School in Dalzell, South Carolina. He continued his education at Morris College in Sumter, South Carolina, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Theology in 1995. In 2001, he was awarded an Honorary Doctrine of Humanity Degree from the Carolina Theological Bible Institute for dedicated and devoted services to the state and surrounding communities.

In January, 1979, he was called into the Gospel Ministry and preached his first sermon on February 25, 1979. In September of that same year, he was ordained by the Sumter Baptist Missionary and Education Association, making him the first teenager to go before this board. In 1981, Reverend Johnson served as Assistant Pastor of Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Sumter, South Carolina before being called to be the Senior Pastor of Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church in Summerton, South Carolina in September 1982.

Through his lifetime, he has served in various offices and organizations. Some are as follow:

• Past Vice Moderator of the Sumter Baptist Missionary and Education Association
• Past Historian of the State Baptist Education and Missionary Convention of South Carolina
• Past President of the Sumter Baptist Church School Congress of Christian Education for 10 years
• Past Assistant Supervisor of the Usher Convention for Sumter Baptist Missionary and Education Assoc.
• Past Moderator and Vice Moderator of the South Jordan Union
• Past President of the Summerton Minister's Alliance

Pastor W. T. Johnson presently serves as:

• Pastor of Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church for twenty-nine (29) years
• Moderator of the Sumter Baptist Missionary and Education Association
• Treasurer of the State Baptist Convention
• Member of the South Carolina Baptist Convention
• Member of the National Baptist Convention, US A, Inc.
• Member of the NAACP, Clarendon Branch
• Member of the Prince Hall Masons, Gum Spring Lode #458

He has numerous awards, which include:

• 1983 House of Representatives, State of South Carolina, recognized him for outstanding services rendered to the Summerton Community.
• 1985 Recognized as outstanding young man of America
• 1995 & 2007 South Carolina State Senate
• 1995 Clarendon County Council
• 1995 Town of Summerton Council
• 1995 Certificate of Appreciation, City of Manning, South Carolina
• 2002 Recognition from Representative Jim Clyburn for 20 years of dedicated service

Pastor Johnson was united in holy matrimony to the former Ms. Karen Smalls. From this union, they have two daughters, Monica and Terri Johnson, two grandchildren, Ariannah and Amaury Johnson. But most of all, he is a Christian and a Gospel Preacher.

Pastor's Johnson's Motto is, "DO THE RIGHT THING"