The Reverend Johnny Clay Bush is a native of Columbia, South Carolina. He is married to the former Ms. Carolyn Fields of Darlington, South Carolina. Reverend and Mrs. Bush are blessed as parents of three: Joseph Henry, Chyna Camille, and Christopher Hayes.
Reverend Bush is an ’83 Graduate of Eau Claire High School, an ’87 Graduate of Newberry College receiving the Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Religion/Philosophy, and a ’90 Graduate of the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary of Columbia earning the Master’s of Divinity degree. His post graduate work was taken in the supervisory certification process of the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE): The Standard for Spiritual Care and Education. He was fully certified as an ACPE Educator in 2003. As a professional, he is both the Pastoral Clinician and CPE Educator. He is one of three African-American men in the state of South Carolina practicing at this level of certification. ACPE is a multi-cultural, multi-faith organization devoted to providing theological education and improving the quality of ministry and pastoral care offered by pastors, chaplains, other clergy and lay persons utilizing clinical methodology.
For more than 15 years, Reverend Bush was a Consulting Clinician and Educator with
the Healthcare Chaplaincy Network of New York City. He served as the Program Coordinator and Educator for Clinical Pastoral Education at the Riverside Church of New York City for 10 years under the pastoral leadership of the Reverend Dr. James A. Forbes. For the past 8 years, he served as Director for Spiritual Health and CPE at Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY. He is the National Convenor for the Racial Ethnic Multicultural Community of Practice in ACPE. He serves ACPE’s Leadership as a National
