Everyone calls him “Father Jeff” or just plain “Jeff.” He is The Venerable Jeffrey S. Johnson, the well-loved priest at the All Saints Anglican Church in Saluda, since being instituted as rector in 2014. In June of this year, he was elected to become a bishop in the Anglican Catholic Church.
The position of bishop was not a position he sought. Following that election he said, “If you had asked me if I would be the bishop elect even a few months ago, I would have said absolutely not! But we must be open to serving Christ whenever, wherever, and however He calls us. He called through the election, and I will serve Him and the diocese with everything I’ve got in me.”
Indeed, the parishioners of All Saints were emotionally torn between two possible outcomes with the election. On the one hand, they all knew Fr. Jeff’s strong leadership skills and gifts for spreading God’s word and knew he would be a wonderful asset to all the churches in the diocese. On the other hand, they were concerned about losing his presence as the shepherd of the All Saints flock.
