Weldon Ray Johnson is a highly gifted, anointed and well-informed minister, motivational speaker, life-coach, Christian author, and former business entrepreneur. He is the oldest of three siblings raised in Midwest City, Oklahoma by his parents-Pastor Kenneth and Greta (Johnson) Shephard. His mother was a renowned Healthcare Lobbyist for the state of Oklahoma who was instrumental in establishing sixty (60) healthcare clinics throughout Oklahoma. Reverend Johnson attended Midwest City High School where he was a star basketball player and captain of his team. After completing high school in 1985, Reverend Johnson successfully opened and managed Oklahoma Massage Therapy Clinics of Oklahoma City. He was also a massage therapy instructor at Oklahoma City Community College for several years while in business. In 2007, Reverend Johnson felt the call as a minister and was fully licensed and ordained at Faithful Servant Ministries of Oklahoma where he was the associate pastor. It was there that Reverend Johnson and his wife Victoria launched Seeds for Souls-a missions' outreach-to preach, teach, feed, comfort, and befriend lonely and hurting souls in nursing homes, prisons, juvenile detention centers, homeless shelters, and on the streets. They also cofounded A.I.M. Youth 4 Christ, which was a non-profit organization that provided mentorship, vocational rehabilitation, and biblical counseling to troubled youth in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Reverend Johnson's book Heaven Is Highering: How To Obtain Spiritual Employment is currently being published by Author House Publishing Company and will be on available in stores this fall. He and his family relocated to Laurinburg two years ago, next door to Hamlet where his wife was born and raised. They currently attend Higher Dimensions Ministries in Laurel Hill, North Carolina. They have two children, Jordan (his wife Kathrine) and Sara (age 14). They have also been blessed with a beautiful grandson named Julian.