Buddy Johnson Family
Hispanic Church Planter Coordinator
for North America

Mailing address:
207 Tanglewood Lane
Waxahachie, Texas 75165

Aubrey (Buddy) Johnson was born December 25, 1942 in Nacogdoches, Texas. He grew up in Texas: Nacogdoches, Pasadena, Conroe, Liberty.

Buddy was saved May 26, 1956 and surrendered to the ministry March 8, 1964 and surrendered to missions July 1972. He was ordained April 4, 1965.

Previous pastorates include:
Macedonia Baptist Church in Etoile, Texas 1965-1967; Friendship Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Texas 1967-1970; Hillcrest Baptist Church in Texarkana, Texas 1970-73.

Missionary experience:
Buddy served a total of 27 years in Mexico (1973-1999) and then returned to Hillcrest in Texarkana as pastor from 1999-2004.

Background information:
While a student at Jacksonville Baptist College Buddy  surrendered to the gospel ministry. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stephen F. Austin State University and a Masters of Arts in Religion from the BMA Theological Seminary.

He was married to Martha Lucas of Burleson, Texas on September 12, 1965 and they had five sons: Grady (May 23, 1967), Scott (September 21, 1969), Eric (May 27, 1974), Jon and Ben (March 23, 1979) and a daughter, Sara Xochitl (March 2, 1985). Martha passed away in September of 1991 after having worked with Buddy for 18 years in Mexico. They had been married 27 years. In 1992, he married Taffy Ann Bell from Waxahachie, Texas.

Taffy was born October 15, 1967 in Waxahachie, Texas and grew up there. She was saved February 1977.

Mrs. Johnson received a Bachelor of Arts from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She has taught Spanish and Government. She spent nine years in Mexico with the family before their return to the United States.

Grady is a missionary in Mexico and Eric is pastor of the Hispanic Church in Jacksonville, Texas. Buddy and Taffy have four grandchildren: Alan and Amanda (Grady’s), Logan (Ben’s), and Audrey Lee (Eric’s).

The Johnsons are working with local churches in the U.S. in the planting of Spanish-speaking churches. Their plans are to help coordinate the Hispanic churches in their relationship with the BMA of America. Also, they are aiding the Hispanic churches in their relationship with other Hispanic churches in the states. A main aspect of their work is to help in the formation of leaders for the new Hispanic churches. Buddy’s program is called FLECHA, Forming Leaders by Evangelizing Contacts in Hispanic Areas.