Dr. Alan Johnson

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Pastoral Ministry - University of Washington 1976-1978; Northwest College 1978-1981 

Master of Arts in Biblical Studies (1991)- Assemblies of God Theological Seminary  (Extension Program)

Master of Arts in Social Science with an Emphasis in Leadership (2002) - Azusa Pacific University Operation Impact

PhD Oxford Centre for Mission Studies/University of Wales (2006)

“Community Leadership in Thailand:  An Ethnography of Thai Leadership at the Local Level in the Bangkok Urban Region”

Publications

Books

Johnson, Alan R. Apostolic Function in 21st Century Missions. Vol. 2. The J. Philip Hogan World Missions Series. Pasadena, California: William Carey Library, 2009.

Johnson, Alan R. Leadership in a Slum: A Bangkok Case Study. Oxford, United Kingdom: Regnum Books International, 2009.

Johnson, Alan R. and Lauren R Becker, eds. Reaching People with a Buddhist Worldview: Insights and Field-Based Strategies for Sharing Christ. Littleton, Colorado: William Carey Publishing, 2026.

Book Chapters and Journal Articles

Johnson, Alan R. "Servant Leadership Can Work in Local Church Development." Evangelical Missions Quarterly October (1991): 378-81.

Johnson, Alan R. "Frontier Missions and Beyond: An Emerging Paradigm for Missions in the 21st Century (Introduction, Parts I-II)." International Journal of Frontier Missions 18, no. 2 (2001): 81-97.

Johnson, Alan R. "Frontier Missions and Beyond: An Emerging Paradigm for Missions in the 21st Century (Parts Iii-V)." International Journal of Frontier Missions 18, no. 3 (2001): 121-40.

Johnson, Alan R. "Biblical Christian Principles for Leadership." Enrichment Spring (2002): 92-97.

Johnson, Alan R. "The Power of the Oikos." Enrichment Winter (2002): 86-89.

Johnson, Alan R. "Passing on the Faith: Principles for Christian Education from the Apostle Paul." Journal of Asian Mission 5, no. 2 (2004): 17-41.

Johnson, Alan R. "Structural and Ministry Philosophy Issues in Church Planting among Buddhist Peoples." In Sharing Jesus Effectively in the Buddhist World, edited by David Lim, Steve Spaulding, and Paul DeNeui, vol 3, Seanet Buddhism Series, 263-82. Pasadena, California: William Carey Library, 2005.

Johnson, Alan R. "Wrapping the Good News for the Thai." In Sharing Jesus Holistically with the Buddhist World, edited by David Lim and Steve Spaulding, vol 2, Seanet Buddhism Series, 205-48. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2005.

Johnson, Alan R. "Campus Crusade for Christ (Ccc)." In Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements, edited by Peter B. Clarke, 686. London: Routledge, 2006.

Johnson, Alan R. "Exploring Social Barriers to Conversion among the Thai." In Communicating Christ in the Buddhist World, edited by Paul DeNeui and David Lim, vol 4, Seanet Buddhism Series, 133-48. Pasadena, California: William Carey Library, 2006.

Johnson, Alan R. "An Anthropological Approach to Leadership: Lessons Learned on Improving Leadership Practice." Transformation 24, no. 3 & 4 (July and October 2007): 213-21.

Johnson, Alan R. "Apostolic Function and Mission." Global Missiology 4, no. 4 (July 2007). www.globalmissiology.org.

Johnson, Alan R. "Apostolic Function and Mission." Transformation 25, no. 4 (October 2008): 224-44.

Johnson, Alan R. "Apostolic Function and Mission." Journal of Pentecostal Theology 17 (2008): 256-66.

Johnson, Alan R. "Honor, Recognition and Ministry." Last modified 2008. Accessed 2008. http://enrichmentjournal.ag.org/200801/200801_000_Honor.cfm.

Johnson, Alan R. "Shaping a Missions Priority for the 21st Century." Today's Pentecostal Evangel  (4 May 2008).

Johnson, Alan R., "Classical Pentecostal Mission Agencies and Frontier Mission Missiology." Tokyo 2010 Global Consultation & Celebration - From Edinburgh to Tokyo, Tokyo, 11-14 May 2010, 2010, https://www.ggcn.org/wpcontent/uploads/tokyo2010/resources/Tokyo2010_C_

Alan_Johnson.pdf.

Johnson, Alan R. "Investigating Lay People's Conceptions of Dukkha: Groundwork for Context-Sensitive Witness." In Suffering: Christian Reflections on the Buddhist Dukkha, edited by Paul DeNeui, vol 8, Seanet Series, ed. Paul DeNeui. Pasadena, California: William Carey Library, 2011.

Johnson, Alan R. "Pentecostal Missions: The Influence of Frontier Mission Missiology." In Evangelical and Frontier Mission: Perspectives on the Global Progress of the Gospel, edited by Beth Snodderly and A. Scott Moreau, Renum Edinburgh 2010 Series, ed. Knud Jorgensen, Kirsteen Kim, Wonsuk Ma, and Tony Gray, 101-16. Oxford, UK: Regnum, 2011.

Johnson, Alan R. "Ultimate Liberation: Responding to the Buddhist View of Salvation." Enrichment, Summer (2012): 76-84.

Johnson, Alan R. "Mission as Word and Deed: Transcending the Language of Priority." International Journal of Frontier Missions 28, no. 2 (Summer 2012): 19-25.

Johnson, Alan R. "Pentecostals and the Unreached: Reaching Them Together." In Together in One Mission: Pentecostal Cooperation in World Evangelization, edited by Arto Hamalainen and Grant McClung, 77-96. Cleveland, TN: Pathway Press, 2012.

Johnson, Alan R. "The High Cost of Being Lost (and What We Can Do About It)." Enrichment, Fall (2014).

Johnson, Alan R. "The Challenge of Unreached Peoples: Issues in Assemblies of God Missiology." International Journal of Pentecostal Missions 4 (2015).

Johnson, Alan R. "Context-Sensitive Evangelism in the Thai Setting: Building Capacity to Share Good News." In Becoming the People of God, edited by Paul DeNeui, Seanet Series, 63-92. Pasadena, California: William Carey Library, 2015.

Johnson, Alan R. "Lesson 9: Section on Worldview of Hindus and Buddhists." In Cross Cultural Communications: Sharing the Bread of Life with All People, Student Manual, edited by Judith Bartel de Graner, Quentin McGhee, and Quentin McGhee, 73-80. Springfield, Missouri: Faith and Action, 2015.

Johnson, Alan R. "Practitioner Reflections on the Methodologies of Church Planting Movements in the Thai Setting." Global Missiology 4, no. 13 (July 2016). www.globalmissiology.org.

Johnson, Alan R. "Signs and Wonders: Necessary but Not Sufficient." In Seeking the Unseen: Spiritual Realities in the Buddhist World Seanet Series 12, edited by Paul DeNeui. Pasadena, California: William Carey Library, 2016.

Johnson, Alan R. "Mission and Compassion:  Indigenous Principles." In The Theology and Practice of Compassion: A Guide for the Church in Missions edited by Jerry Ireland, 42-58. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2017.

Johnson, Alan R. "In the Shadow of the Buddhist Temple: Muslims in Thailand." In Margins of Islam: Ministry in Diverse Muslim Contexts, edited by Warrick Farah and Gene Daniels. Pasadena, California: William Carey Library, 2018.

Johnson, Alan R. "A Collective Biblical Mandate for Cross-Cultural Workers." In Collective Calling, edited by John Easter, Alan R. Johnson, Bob Friesen, Anita Koeshall, and Paul W.  Lewis, vol 2, Rpts Missiology Series, 117-24. Springfield, Missouri: AGWM Assemblies of God World Missions, 2019.

Johnson, Alan R. "The Apostolic Priority: Why Long-Term, Culture- and Language-Competent Workers Doing Church Planting among the Unreached Is Still Our Highest Missions Priority." International Journal of Pentecostal Missiology 7, no. 1 (2020): 90-117.

Johnson, Alan R., "Classical Pentecostal Mission Agencies and Frontier Mission Missiology: 10 Years after Tokyo 2010." Tokyo 2010 Global Consultation & Celebration - From Edinburgh to Tokyo, Tokyo, 2020. https://www.ggcn.org/wp- content/uploads/tokyo2010/ resources/2020 updatedpapers/Pentecostal_and_Frontier_Mission_10_%20Years_after_%20Tokyo2010.pdf.

Johnson, Alan R. "The Local Church & Global Mission." In Jot It Down: The Value of Writing a Strategic Plan for Missions, edited by Dave E.  Cole, 77-92. Duvall, Washington: Outward-Focused Network, 2020.

Johnson, Alan R. "Foundations of Frontier Missiology: Core Understandings and Interrelated Concepts." EMQ 56, no. 4 (October-December 2020): 12-15. https://missionexus.org/foundations-of-frontier-missiology-core-understandings-and-interrelated-concepts/.

Johnson, Alan R. "Some Introductory Thoughts on a Pentecostal Response to Buddhism." Asia Journal of Pentecostal Studies 24, no. 2 (August 2021 2021): 1-18.

Johnson, Alan R. "Ministry in a Pandemic: Lessons for Ministry in a Post-Pandemic World." The Pentoscope 2, no. 2 (2022): 11-16.

Johnson, Alan R. "Assessing the Effectiveness of "Inreligionisation" for Interreligious Communication (Part I)." International Journal of Frontier Missiology 39, no. 1 (2022): 22-27.

Johnson, Alan R. "Recasting Interreligious Communication around the Notion of Translation (Part II)." International Journal of Frontier Missiology 39, no. 1 (2022): 28-34.

Johnson, Alan R. "Who Will Go? The Priority of Reaching Buddhists and Hindus with the Gospel." Influence, no. Summer (2023): 70-78.

Johnson, Alan R. "Foundations of Frontier Missiology: Core Understandings and Interrelated Concepts." In People Vision: Reimagining Mission to Least Reached Peoples, edited by Leonard N.  Bartlotti, 38-46. Littleton, Colorado: William Carey Publishing, 2024.

Johnson, Alan R. "Spiritual Warfare: Bold Proclamation." In Deposing Kingdoms: A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare, edited by Bryan Webb, 165-73. Springfield, Missouri: Asia Pacific Missions, 2024.

Johnson, Alan R. "Alert and Sober." In Deposing Kingdoms: A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare, edited by Bryan Webb, 68-74. Springfield, Missouri: Asia Pacific Missions, 2024.

Johnson, Alan R. "Ministry among Unreached People: When the Indigenous National Church Is Seen as Part of the Foreigner’s Religion." In Unreached People Groups: Developing a Strategy for Response, edited by AGWM, vol 3, Rpts Missiology Series. Springfield, Missouri: AGWM Assemblies of God World Missions, 2025.

Johnson, Alan R. "The Challenge of a Buddhist Worldview and Gospel Communication." In Reaching People with a Buddhist Worldview: Insights and Field-Based Strategies for Sharing Christ, edited by Alan R. Johnson and Lauren R Becker, 1-30. Littleton, Colorado: William Carey Publishing, 2026.

Johnson, Alan R. "Reflections on Bearing Witness to Jesus in the Everyday Life of Buddhist Peoples." In Reaching People with a Buddhist Worldview: Insights and Field-Based Strategies for Sharing Christ, 175-206. Littleton, Colorado: William Carey Publishing, 2026.

Christian Approaches to Buddhism in Thailand AJPS Theme Issue on Fulfillment Theology Satyavarat Lecture Series In Press 2026

Articles written under a pseudonym

Nelson, William Kenneth Nelson (Pseudonym). "Buddhism in Thailand." Evangelical Interfaith Dialogue 3, no. 1 (Spring 2012 2012): 12-13.

Nelson, William Kenneth (Pseudonym). "Interactions between Christians and Buddhists in Thailand." Evangelical Interfaith Dialogue 3, no. 1 (Spring 2012 2012): 22-23.

Books edited with chapters contributed

Gilbert, Marvin, Alan R. Johnson, and Paul W. Lewis, eds. Missiological Research: Interdisciplinary Foundations, Methods and Integration. Pasadena, California: William Carey Library, 2018.

Chapters contributed

2. Epistemological Frameworks in Qualitative Research (A Johnson)

10. Theory Development (A Johnson)        

11. Theory in Missiological Context (A Johnson)

20. Contextual Theology (P Lewis and A Johnson with W Newberry)

26. Case Studies (A Johnson)  

29. Foundations for Interviewing (A Johnson)    

30. Strategies for Effective Interviewing (A Johnson)

33. Qualitative Data Analysis (J Easter and A Johnson)        

34. Field Work and Field Notes: Building an Ethnographic Database (A Johnson)   

35. Coding in Qualitative Field Research (J Easter and A Johnson)

36. Memoing in Qualitative Field Research (J Easter and A Johnson)

49. Integration in Writing Up Missiological Research (A Johnson)

Easter, John, Alan R. Johnson, Bob Friesen, Anita Koeshall, and Paul W. Lewis, eds. Collective Calling. Vol. 2, RPTS Missions Series. Springfield, Missouri: AGWM Assemblies of God World Missions, 2019.

Articles written with others

Hosack, Jim and Alan R. Johnson. "Pentecostalism in Thailand." In Global Renewal Christianity: Spirit-Empowered Movements, Past, Present, Future, Vol. 1: Asia and Oceania, edited by Amos Yong and Vinson Synan, vol 1. Lake Mary, Florida: Charisma House Publishers, 2015.

Brogden, Dick, Alan R. Johnson, and Leonard N. Bartlotti. "Assemblies of God World Missions and the Unreached." In People Vision: Reimagining Mission to Least Reached Peoples, edited by Leonard N.  Bartlotti, 66-86. Littleton, Colorado: William Carey Publishing, 2024.

Rodli, Mark and Alan R. Johnson. "Thailand." In Reaching People with a Buddhist Worldview: Insights and Field-Based Strategies for Sharing Christ, edited by Alan R. Johnson and Lauren R. Becker, 59-85. Littleton, Colorado: William Carey Publishing, 2026.