Gail Johnsen

Dr. Gail Johnsen’s passion is to call ministry leaders to a holistic way of leadership. In an increasingly complex, uncertain, and constantly evolving culture, Dr. Johnsen is convinced that the courage, interiority, and integration of the leader’s life will be the key differentiator in the coming years. In other words, effective and authentic leadership flow from a well-ordered soul.

Gail Johnsen has served in fulltime Christian ministry for over 40 years. Most recently, she served on the pastoral staff at Faith Tri-cities, WA as the pastor of spiritual formation and women where she was involved in teaching, preaching, mentoring, and leadership. Gail received a master’s degree in Spiritual Formation and Leadership from Spring Arbor University in 2010 and a Doctor of Ministry (D.Min) in Leadership from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary in 2018.

For over 10 years, Gail mentored ministry leaders in a 9-month spiritual formation journey to help leaders to intentionally prioritize spiritual, emotional, and relational well-being in the thick of ministry and to order their lives around ongoing practices of wholeness that they might offer those they serve something life-giving and real.

Gail is also the founder of Keeping Company with Jesus, an online spiritual formation tool for cultivating a life with God that is real, meaningful. and life-giving. Gail has partnered with the Northwest Ministry Network executive team in leading The Attentive Leaders retreat, a three-day spiritual formation retreat for ministry leaders about living and leading from healthy soul and developing the practices that sustain them in ministry for the long haul.

Gail has also authored two e-books, LEAD: Leadership Equipping and Development, A Year-Long, Turn-Key Approach to Leadership Training and Advent Reflections: Let the Weary World Rejoice!

Gail Johnsen is a speaker, a certified personal life coach, and adjunct professor at Northwest University in Kirkland, WA.

For more information about Gail and the resources mentioned, you can visit her website at www.gailjohnsen.com