Johnny Cawthon
Born in the state of Louisiana, USA, Johnny attended The University of Louisiana at Monroe where he received a BA. From there, he moved to Anderson, Indiana where he attended Anderson School of Theology and received a M. Min and M. Div degree. Johnny was the founding director of East Central Indiana Youth For Christ where he served from 1970-1976. Since 1977, he has served as Pastor of New Life Christian Church. New Life is a member of ReNET, an apostolic regional network of churches, where Johnny is one of the Directors. He oversees ReNET's mission outreaches in the Samara, Russia region. He serves as a member of the CURE leadership team (Clergy United for Renewal, Reconciliation and Evangelism) giving leadership to the City-Wide Pastor's Prayer Meetings. Sharon is Johnny's wife of 34 years. He has two daughters, Julie Dale and Cari Loveland, now married to Rick Dale and Jeremiah Loveland.
Johnny's passion is to see the Kingdom reign of Jesus established in his city, region, and nation and to the ends of the earth. He loves to encourage unity among pastors and leaders, pointing them to intimacy with Jesus and to see churches strengthened and planted at home and abroad. He is strongly committed to helping each person find a relationship with Jesus where they learn to hear His voice and be led by the Holy Spirit into their destiny.