Biographies of our Leaders

The late Bishop Ramsey Butler

In 1929, Bishop Butler was baptized in the Name of Jesus and received the Gift of the Holy Ghost. He was installed in 1936 as the second Pastor of the Morning Star Pentecostal Church. Bishop Butler was a member of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World. In this organization he served as District Elder of the Eastern Fellowship Alliance and Diocesan of the 22nd Episcopal District -- District of Columbia, -Delaware, and Maryland. Bishop Butler was bestowed an honorary Doctorate of Divinity by the Aenon Bible College. Under Bishop Butler's inspired leadership, Morning Star moved progressively forward from one room in a modest home to a site known as the "Old Southwest Clinic" and now to its present location. In 1986, after 51 years of untiring service as Pastor, Bishop Butler retired. He retained the title of Bishop Emeritus with the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World until his death on February 7, 1998. Bishop Butler will always be an integral part of Morning Star's history.

Bishop Charles E. Johnson, Sr.
Pastor of Greater Morning Star

Bishop Johnson was baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ on December 31, 1976 and received the gift of the Holy Ghost on January 10, 1977. He married Sister Sheila Yvonne Chamberlain on August 19, 1978, and God blessed this union with four beautiful children: Charles, Jr., Michael, Lawrence, and Lora.

On November of 1978, Minister Johnson preached his trial sermon, and on April 6, he was installed as Pastor of Greater Star.

Bishop Johnson is a member of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World. He faithfully supported this organization in the following ways:

	Chairman of the 22nd District-District of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland
	Member of the Board of Directors for Aenon Bible College and of the International Foreign Missions Board
	Diocesan of the 42nd Episcopal District-Togo, West Africa
	Diocesan of the 8th Episcopal District-Iowa, Nebraska and Wyoming
	and currently as the diocesan of the 22nd Episcopal District-DC, DE, & MD

Elder Fletcher Davis
Assistant Pastor of Greater Morning Star

Elder Fletcher Lee Davis received the precious promised gift of the Holy Ghost 31 years ago. Elder Davis is a man who believes in being submissive to God and to leadership, and promotes an attitude of a servant. He has served as Sunday School teacher, deacon, and currently, he is Director of the Ministerial Congress. He is married to Beverly and has four children-Andrea Watkins, Anthony, Tamara, and Gregory.

Elder John I. Hickman
Dean, Ministerial Congress

Elder Hickman, a native of Chicago, joined Greater Morning Star in 1986. In addition to serving as Dean of the GMS Ministerial Congress Training Institute, he serves in the following capacities: Associate Minister, Counselor, New Members Sunday School Teacher, Christian Education Instructor, Jessup and Oakhill Prison Ministry Member, Missionary and Christian Workers Auxiliary Member.