Pastor Doug Robinson-Johnson is grateful for the call by Bishop LaTrelle Easterling and the cabinet of the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church to join Community United Methodist Church in loving boldly, serving joyfully, and leading courageously. Together, we will maintain space for healthy dialogue across differences, intentionally reach out to young families, and encourage transformational leadership through deep Christian discipleship.
Prior to his appointment to Community UMC, Reverend Robinson-Johnson was Senior Pastor of National United Methodist Church in Washington, DC, through a season of healing and renewal. For fifteen years, Doug served churches around Boston, Massachusetts, including the United Parish of Auburndale, a combined United Church of Christ and United Methodist Church in Newton. He co-pastored a church just north of Boston in the diverse community of Lynn with his wife and fellow clergy-member, Reverend Erica Robinson-Johnson. Together, they led a merger of four historic church congregations into one vital community called “Grace.” Before transferring to the New England Annual Conference in 2004, Doug and Erica served churches in Chicago, where their son Evan was born in 1999. Evan is now a journalist working in New York City. Erica is serving as the Chief Administrative Officer for the Baltimore-Washington, Peninsula-Delaware Area of the United Methodist Church. Doug and Erica live in Laurel, Maryland.
Pastor Doug was born in Los Angeles, California, but was raised in Lafayette, Louisiana, as his father pursued work in the oil industry as a chemical engineer. Doug’s mother was the administrator of the church his family helped to found in the 1980s. Doug received a Political Science degree from United Methodist-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1992 and, three years later, a Master of Divinity degree from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, which is associated with Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
On Friday sabbath days, Doug can be found kayak fishing in local rivers, playing guitar, drum set, or baritone in the basement, hiking, or getting really great deals at local thrift stores. He and his wife try to visit their parents in San Antonio and Houston, Texas, as often as they can, but also feel fortunate when they find quality Texas barbecue and Tex-Mex right here in the Mid-Atlantic. They’re happy to share discoveries they’ve made and to hear yours!
