The Bishop Tavaris La Keith Johnson, Sr. was introduced to the world at the tender age of fourteen (14) when he expressed his first sermon on Sunday, August 20, 1995. He began his public preaching ministry under the tutelage of the late Reverend Adolph Thomas at his home church, Living Water Baptist in High Point, North Carolina. A native of Guilford County, North Carolina; Bishop Johnson was born on Tuesday, October 14, 1980, to Mother Mildred Nelson Johnson McRae and the late Deacon Daniel Calvin Glasgow. From the age of one years old and in addition to being nurtured in a Christian and loving home with his mother, Bishop Johnson was also raised by his stepfather, Mr. Patrick Michael McRae. He is the Godson of Evangelist Carrie Baker of Hamer, South Carolina and Mrs. Gladys Poteat of Milton, North Carolina. He accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior in 1985 and received the call of God to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ in 1988. His parents, having concerns for his maturity and understanding of the Holy Writ, advised him through prayer and wise counsel to wait for the appointed time.

On Sunday, November 16, 1997, at Living Water Baptist Church in High Point, North Carolina, Bishop Johnson received his Certificate of Ordination and became more advanced in the Gospel Ministry, as well as Baptist doctrine. Bishop Tavaris Johnson worked diligently to assist his Pastor in ministry. Soon after his Pastor’s retirement, he became the Senior Pastor of Living Water Baptist Church in October 2000 with a unanimous vote of its membership. After receiving instructions from God, this Mighty Man of God accepted the awesome assignment of organizing New Dimension Community Christian Center in High Point, North Carolina on September 15, 2004 and held his first service as founder on Sunday, September 19, 2004. In March 2018, He organized and established New Beginnings Community Christian Center in Yanceyville, North Carolina with his Co-Founder and Godmother Mrs. Gladys Poteat. Bishop Johnson worked as pastor of both New Dimension and New Beginnings with untiring effort and unwavering devotion until June 2015.

In November 2015, Bishop Johnson was called to pastor the Red Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Cameron, North Carolina and preached his first sermon as their new pastor on Sunday, November 15, 2015. Bishop Johnson served faithfully until July 2019.

On Wednesday, October 31, 2018, Bishop Tavaris Johnson was invited to the 151st Annual Session of the General Baptist State Convention in Durham, North Carolina as one of the Keynote Preachers who participated in the segment “Preaching Under 40.” Bishop Tavaris Johnson is a highly sought out preacher with a passion to usher the Kingdom of God into our next dimension.Bishop Johnson became a part of True Vine Churches of Deliverance (TVCOD) in the summer of 2010 where he was appointed as a Diocesan Bishop in the Greater Memorial Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction on August 9, 2011, during Holy Convocation at Macedonia Worship Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Currently he serves TVCOD and GMEJ in Ecumenical Affairs. He received a certificate of completion for Chaplain Associate Training on October 16, 2017, from First Health Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst, North Carolina.