Rooted in Scripture. Given to people.
Pastor · Teacher · Shepherd to Shepherds
Caring for those who care for others.
Meet Stan
A life of study.
A ministry of care.
Stan simply enjoys pastors. After four decades of study in Scripture, Reformed theology, and New Testament Greek, his present calling is to offer pastoral care and encouragement to those who care for others — especially pastors serving in difficult or under-resourced places.
He was raised near Salinas, California — Steinbeck country — and holds degrees from UC Berkeley, Princeton Theological Seminary, the University of Notre Dame, and Louisville Theological Seminary. Over the years he has pastored congregations in California, Indiana, and Massachusetts, and has written both scholarly work and fiction, including The Great Opening and The Sent One.
Stan lives in Zionsville, Indiana, with his wife Mary. They have three grown children and seven grandchildren: Calvin, Ian, Mary, Max, Reid, Alec, and Eli.
The calling
Stan describes his calling in three words: relate, teach, write. Through one-on-one meetings, spiritual direction, and the teaching of Scripture, Shepherd to Shepherds comes alongside pastors who are often isolated, overworked, and serving with very little. Pastors who have been well shepherded, and who continue to receive care, are able to shepherd their flocks well.
Coming alongside pastors through relationship and care.
Opening Scripture together and equipping pastors.
Creating biblical resources for study and reflection.
The work · Near and far
Stan's primary focus is the training and encouragement of pastors in Romania and Uganda — two very different countries whose pastors share the same scarcity of resources, training, and rest.
Europe
East Africa
Stan has also taught in Malawi, Bangladesh, and the Philippines, and in pulpits and classrooms across the United States.
For study, teaching & reflection
Stan's books are working resources for biblical study, simple in form: a Scriptural passage in English, the same passage in the Nestle-Aland Greek text, inductive questions to open it up, and his own seven-hundred-fifty-word meditation. They are meant for personal devotion, teaching, preaching, or small-group study — something between an inductive Bible study, a Greek-English interlinear, and a devotional commentary.
Explore Stan Johnson’s sermons at Zionsville Presbyterian Church.
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