The Rev. Johnsie Cogman is a survivor. She has battled breast cancer and buried two children — experiences that she says have formed her strong faith in an unshakable God. She shares that faith with two congregations every Sunday: Bell’s United Methodist Church in Camp Springs and Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Georgetown, a black congregation founded in 1816. She lives in Accokeek with her husband and two sons. She spoke with The Washington Examiner about her ministry and one of her role models, Martin Luther King Jr., whose memorial opened on the National Mall this week. Do you consider yourself to be of a specific faith?
I am a first, foremost, final and forever, a Christian. I appreciate that I have a role model, Jesus Christ, who teaches me to love everyone unconditionally, forgive as I am forgiven and to serve without expectation of anything in return.
