The Rt. Rev. Thomas William (TJ) Johnston, Jr. is Rector at St. Peter's in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina,

         after having served as Rector of St. Andrew's in Little Rock from 1998-2005.

 

         St. Andrew's is the first lay initiated church plant in the Anglican Mission in America.

 

         The church grew from a living room of fifteen people to over three hundred in attendance each Sunday.

 

         St. Andrew's remains committed to planting new Apostolic churches.

 

         TJ graduated from Sewanee with a Bachelor of Science in Forestry.

 

         After working as a forester with Union Camp Corporation in Virginia, he entered law school in the fall of 1980.

 

         After graduating from Cumberland School of Law, he returned to Charleston, South Carolina to practice law as a trial lawyer until 1991     

         when he followed God's leading to seminary and along a path to ordained ministry.

 

         TJ attended seminary at the University of the South, The School of Theology, and graduated in May 1994 with a Masters in Divinity    

         degree.

 

         He served Grace Church, Charleston, SC, as an assistant for two years, when in 1996 he became the assistant to the Rev. Chuck 

         Murphy at All Saints Parish, Pawleys Island, SC.

 

         TJ has worked as a volunteer with the Episcopal Bishop in Haiti, the Right Rev. Luc Garnier.

 

         His role has been to coordinate partnership relationships between churches and schools in Haiti and churches and schools in the United 

         States with a focus on rural education and health issues.

 

         TJ continues to be involved with this work.

 

         He currently provides oversight for Mission Networks.

 

         TJ and his wife Rees have two children.