When Dr. Roy Johnson became the Executive Director of Lads to Leaders in 2003, L2L was in two locations and had a little over 8,000 people attending convention in Nashville and Atlanta. Dr. Zorn had retired in the late 90s due to health, and an interim Director was in place a short period of time. Roy brought stability and non-profit expertise with him from a first-class education through the Boy Scouts of America. Soon there were three sites and by 2010, there were six sites. Since that time, we have added four additional off Easter sites: Colorado, Mid-Atlantic, North Las Vegas, and Oklahoma, along with Romania, India (4 sites), Guyana, and South Korea. Currently over 25,000 people world-wide participate in L2L.

Roy has been preaching for over 50 years, including 18 years at Campbell Springs Church of Christ in Ashland, Alabama. He has been an elder at three congregations, currently serving as an Elder for the Sylacauga Church of Christ in Sylacauga, Alabama. Roy was a top-level Executive for the Boy Scouts of America for twenty-three years before taking on the role as Executive Director of Lads to Leaders in January 2003. His last position with the BSA was as Scout Executive in Butler, PA near Pittsburgh for three years.

Roy was one of the first young lads trained by Dr. Zorn in Lads to Leaders in the summer of 1968. As one of the first Lads scholarship recipients at Alabama Christian College, Roy traveled with Dr. Zorn to 28 states.

As the current Executive Director of L2L, Roy speaks at over one hundred congregations per year. He is a member of the Faulkner University Board of Trustees, Freed-Hardeman President’s Circle, and numerous other boards.

Roy comes from a long line of Church leaders. His great grandfather was one of the founding members of the Hollins Church of Christ in the early 1900’s. Roy’s grandfather was an Elder and had the distinction of having every child; grandchild and great grandchild become a member of the Church. Roy’s father served as an Elder, his brother is an Elder, and sister (now deceased) was married to a preacher.

Roy is married to the former Brenda Hurt and they have three grown sons, Bryan (Adrienne Ray), Ben (Alison Walsh) and Brad (Madison Campbell). The Johnsons have five granddaughters and five grandsons.