Chaplain Washington Johnson II serves as the Director of Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries (ACM), the ecclesiastical endorsing agency for the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists, which includes the National Service Organization (NSO) that supports Seventh-day Adventists serving in the Armed Forces. Johnson is an ordained Seventh-day Adventist Minister, Board Certified Chaplain by The National Association of Veteran Affairs Chaplains. He additionally serves as the chair-elect of The National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces (NCMAF), where the membership comprises nearly 100 religious organizations that endorse military and associated Federal agencies.

His pastoral ministry has spanned the South Central and Northern California Conferences of Seventh-day Adventists. He was commissioned as a Chaplain in the United States Navy in 1998, retiring in 2022 with the rank of Captain.

Johnson is an alumnus of Oakwood University (Huntsville, AL), the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary (Berrien Springs, MI), and Reformed Theological Seminary (Clinton, MS), receiving Bachelor of Arts, Master of Divinity, and Doctor of Ministry degrees, respectively. He is married to Joyce Johnson, Ph.D., Dean of Washington Adventist University’s School of Graduate and Professional Studies (SGPS). They have one son, Washington Johnson III, MD, a surgery resident at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, WA. His favorite scriptural passage is “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13