Joseph Fred “Pastor Joe” Johnson is the Senior Pastor of Mount Hebron Church Ministries in Mobile, Alabama.  He has been married to Linda Curry Johnson for over 46 years and is the father of four children ... Tiffany, Timothy, Nicholas, Christal and currently adopting two more. Pastor Joe grew up in The Crescent City and was educated in the public school system there. After completing high school, he enrolled at Xavier University in New Orleans, where he attended for two years before joining the United States Air Force in 1974. He was later deployed to England to serve in Operation Desert Storm. Pastor Joe is a visionary who leads with passion as he oversees a steadily growing congregation of over 5,000. He retired from the United States Air Force and is a graduate of Southern Illinois University of Carbondale, IL, and the University of Mobile, Mobile, AL.  He has been awarded honorary Doctorates from St. Thomas Christian College of Jacksonville, Florida, and the University of Mobile, Mobile, Alabama.