 He brought with him from his time at Coral Ridge under the tutelage of D. James Kennedy the Evangelism Explosion program.Johnson's pastorate also saw the planting of Woodland Presbyterian Church and the departure of the congregation, and many of its plants, to the new Presbyterian Church in America in response to the increasing theological liberalism of the Presbyterian Church in the United States.The PCA committed itself to be, "faithful to the Scriptures, true to the Reformed faith, and obedient to the Great Commission."