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Senior Pastor Norman D. Davis

Pastor Norman David Davis was born to Evans Richmond Davis and the late Elizabeth Bernice Davis. A grateful native of Flint, Michigan, he was raised with his older sister Karen Anita (Burton) and under the influence of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church.

Pastor Davis’s electrical engineering studies at the University of Wisconsin brought him to Madison, WI in 1989, where he met his college sweetheart - Tondra Davis. Pastor and Lady Davis were united in marriage in 1996 and have three beautiful children that the Lord has allowed them to raise in the Apostolic Pentecostal church - Kariah, Malachi, and Jaia and one bonus child, Abasiama Akpan, Kariah's husband.

Pastor Davis was baptized in Jesus’ name in October 1996 and filled with the precious gift of the Holy Ghost on March 16, 1997. He has faithfully served the kingdom of God at Madison Pentecostal Assembly (MPA) his entire saved life. He has held the roles of Men's Department President, Youth and Adult Sunday School Teacher, Van Driver, Trustee Board member since 2001, Audio and Video Coordinator, Altar Worker, Baptismal Committee Member, New Members’ Teacher, and Young Married Couples’ Leader. In 2014 he was called into the ministry and in 2021 he was called to be the Assistant Teaching Pastor at MPA. In January 2026 Pastor Davis was elected Senior Pastor of MPA. Pastor Davis loves studying the Word of God.

Secularly, Pastor Davis has served as a civil rights leader for over 25 years. Reporting to the City of Madison mayor, he serves as the Director of the Department of Civil Rights. Under his leadership, the Lord has blessed the Civil Rights Department to become an award-winning, world-renowned organization whose work product is sought after nationally and internationally. During his “me time”, Pastor Davis enjoys weightlifting, exploring the outdoors, barbecuing, and traveling.

Lady Tondra Davis

Latundra Annette Franklin was born to teenage parents in Elaine, Arkansas. Her family lived in Arkansas until they relocated to Kenosha, Wisconsin when she was 9 years old. Receiving the Chancellor Scholarship, Tondra attended the University of Wisconsin - Madison, where she received a degree in Industrial Engineering. While attending UW - Madison, Tondra met her college sweetheart, Norman Davis, who lovingly began calling her Tondra, the name she prefers. After a seven-year courtship, the two were united in holy matrimony in November 1996.

Lady Davis also has a professional certificate in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from the UW - Madison’s Center for Professional and Executive Development. Lady Tondra Davis was baptized in Jeus’s name at the age of nine and filled with the precious gift of the Holy Ghost when she was twelve. She grew up attending Bethlehem Temple of Kenosha, WI under the leadership of the late Bishop Jerry Baldwin, Sr. Tondra became an active member of Madison Pentecostal Assembly in 1994, where she faithfully served in God’s
kingdom and magnified her office in the roles of Adult and Youth Sunday School Teacher,
Thespian Guild Director (writing and presenting over 50 gospel plays and skits), Deliverance 200 Coordinator, Young Married Couples Leader, and Director of Operations.

In 2010 Lady Davis was called into the ministry and preached her first message entitled, “Stop Looking and Listen to God.” The Lord has given her a powerful resurrection testimony to help the world know that “with God all things are possible!” Lady Davis became the First Lady of Madison Pentecostal Assembly in January 2026 when her husband was elected to be Senior Pastor.

Pastor and Lady Davis have four children - three biological (Kariah, Malachi, and Jaia) and one bonus (Abasiama, Kariah’s husband). Lady Davis enjoys cooking, baking, writing, traveling, and spending time with her beautiful family located across the country.

Senior Pastor Emeritus Eugene S. Johnson

Bishop Eugene S. Johnson prefers to be appreciated as a holiness preacher and pastor who was reared in the firmness and fervor of “the old-time way.” He is a progressive minister who maintains godly compassion for souls, holds fast to the precepts of the apostolic faith, and cherishes the dynamic power of the gospel.

At the young age of 14, Bishop Johnson was saved. He has served faithfully under the leadership of three great Pentecostal men. They were Bishop Gary Hunt of Greater Apostolic Faith Temple in Memphis, TN (1961-1969 and 1976-1983), the late Bishop Leroy Chappelle of Church of Jesus Christ in Los Angeles, CA (1969-1974), and the Late District Elder Clem Humphrey of Grace Apostolic Church in Washington, D.C. (1974-1976)

Our Bishop has been very active within the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (PAW). He labored at the local, state, regional, and national levels for the International Pentecostal Young People’s Union, the International Christian Education Association, and the International Missions Board.

In 1976, he was called into the ministry. Seven years later, he was ordained as an Elder at the annual summer convention of the PAW in Milwaukee, WI. Bishop Willard Saunders, then the Diocesan of the Minnesota, Wisconsin, Dakotas District Council (MWDDC), invited Elder Johnson to come from Memphis to Madison, WI.

This became the place where he and Sister Johnson co-founded and established their first church, Madison Pentecostal Assembly. These two pioneers, along with others, went on to co-found Memphis Pentecostal Assembly (2005), Tomah Pentecostal Assembly (2014), Beloit Pentecostal Assembly (2015), and Appleton Pentecostal Assembly (2016).

Since their marriage in 1971, Bishop and Sister Johnson have worked as a team. They currently serve as Senior Pastor and Executive Pastor, respectively, to the churches in Madison, Beloit, and Appleton, WI. Together, they have one daughter and three sons, who have been a tremendous blessing to them naturally and spiritually.

Bishop Johnson worked secularly in social science research for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (Washington, D.C.) and LeMoyne-Owen College (Memphis, TN). He retired from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation as a career executive and concurrently served as pastor and civil servant for 27 years.

He credits his success in these joint leadership roles to all those close to him. These include Jesus Christ, Executive Pastor Carolyn Johnson, his daughter and sons, his strong, gifted, and dedicated staff in both ministry and government, and praying saints. He graduated from LeMoyne-Owen College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. In addition, he earned his Master of Science degree in Management, concentrating in Urban Land Economics, from the University of California at Los Angeles Graduate School of Management.

Mission

We aim to promote the spiritual well-being and growth of the men, women, and children growing in the Word of God through teaching, preaching, discipleship, healing, and fellowship.