Enriching the Mind, Inspiring the Heart

Earl K. Oldham Library

Carl Johnson

PROFESSOR

DISTANCE EDUCATION DIRECTOR

  Carl Johnson was born and raised in Illinois. Very active in his church while growing up, he gained full assurance of his salvation in the fall of 1969 while a student at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. After earning his Bachelor and Masters Degrees in music at Northwestern, he taught in public school for nine years.

In 1982 he moved to Texas with his wife and three children to teach music at A.B.C. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Bible from ABC in 1986, and in 1993, he became Director of Distance Education, developing a total of fifteen courses while continuing to teach full time. To date, he has overseen over 150 different semester hours of coursework at ABC. Since coming to Texas God has blessed him with two additional children, a son-in-law, a daughter-in-law, and three grandchildren. He has three sons, Benjamin, Michael, and Matthew, and two daughters, Becky and Melody.

EDUCATION

     Bro. Johnson has a Bachelor of Music Education and Masters of Music from Northwestern University, a Bachelor Arts from Arlington Baptist College, a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies from Dallas Baptist University, and is currently working on a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Texas at Arlington. He also holds a TESOL certificate from U.T.A.

EXPERIENCE

     Bro. Johnson has taught music at all levels. He has taught elementary music, junior high general music, junior high and high school choir, and junior high and high school band, as well as a variety of music courses at the college level. He continues to teach private voice, class voice, and secondary music education. He also oversees the student teaching of music education majors and offers other music classes as needed.
     In addition to his music responsibilities at the college, he oversees the Distance Education program, and teaches classes in Bible, Christian ministries, New Testament Greek, and an occasional general studies class.
     Meanwhile, he has remained active in his local church. With over 30 years of teaching experience in both the class room and as a Sunday school teacher, he has been a minister of music for over 20 years. Ordained to the gospel ministry in 1996, has also served as a pastor of discipleship and pastor of education. He is currently serving at the Messiah Baptist Church of Richland Hills where he is the minister of music and teaches an adult Sunday school class.