Pastor Travis Johnson on Faith, Politics, and Standing for Biblical Truth
About this episode
Pastor Travis Johnson of Pathway Church in Mobile, Alabama joins Philip Cameron for a bold, timely conversation about why the church can no longer afford to stay silent on the defining moral and political issues of our day. Travis shares how he was thrust into the public square — not by ambition, but by a beach baptism shut down by park officers — and how that moment of faithfulness opened doors to the highest levels of government, including multiple meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ambassador of Israel, and President Trump, and preaching before 30,000 people at the People's Palace in Congo. Travis makes a critical distinction that every pastor needs to hear: "The sanctity of life is not a political issue — it's a moral theological issue," pointing to Leviticus and Deuteronomy as scriptural grounds for pastoral engagement on abortion, human identity, and biblical marriage. He also warns that a passive church creates a vacuum that others — including hostile ideological movements — are eager to fill. Also joining the conversation is Kourtney Johnson, Travis's daughter, who leads Buy a Tree, Change a Life, a missions fundraising model that helps churches raise an average of $47,000 by selling Christmas trees and channeling those dollars to children in need locally and globally. Learn more about Buy a Tree. Change a Life. at buyatreechangealife.com
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Quotes worth sharing
“The sanctity of life is not a political issue. It's a moral theological issue. It's a biblical issue. And imagine this, that Martin Luther King Jr. would not have stood up during the civil rights movement. What would have happened? What would have happened if William Wilberforce had not stood up as an MP? It's incumbent on pastors to speak about the sanctity of life, about human identity, about biblical marriage. And there are parents in our churches that are dealing with these issues in their own family, and they don't even know what to do because their pastor is quiet about these issues.”
“I never, Philip, I was never trying to get involved in things. I've found out that the Lord is looking for vessels everywhere. Not the best, not the brightest, but people who will be available for the Lord to use. And if we will, we'll change our family, we'll change our church, we'll change our city, we could even change our nation.”
“My greatest dream was to grow up as quickly as possible so that I could earn money, help my family, and rescue my younger siblings from the hardship we were living through. For me, The Orphan's Hands became one of the greatest opportunities of my life and a true miracle from God. Here, I learned to believe in myself. I met new people who became my family, and I discovered that God is always at work and that he continues to bless and provide.”
What's Discussed
Pastor Travis Johnson of Pathway Church in Mobile, Alabama, shares how a shut-down beach baptism launched him into the political arena — ultimately leading to meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump, and a preaching engagement before 30,000 people in Congo. He argues compellingly that abortion and human identity are not political issues but biblical and theological ones, citing Leviticus and Deuteronomy. He challenges pastors to speak with clarity on these matters. He also warns that a silent church creates a vacuum that opposing forces fill. Kourtney Johnson, Travis's daughter, introduces Buy a Tree, Change a Life, a Christmas tree sales model that helps churches raise an average of $47,000 for children's missions locally and globally. Visit buyatreechangealife.com.
- Buy a Tree, Change a Life Ministry Launch
- Churches Raising $47,000 Through Christmas Trees
- How a Beach Baptism Led to Political Engagement
- Meetings with Netanyahu, Trump, and World Leaders
- Sanctity of Life as a Biblical Not Political Issue
- Israel, October 7th, and Global Christian Responsibility
- Antisemitism and the Church's Call to Stand with Israel
Episode Transcript
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Intro
Philip:Hey, welcome to The Daily Faith today. My name is Philip Cameron, and I'm delighted to have you with us. In the wee preamble we have before the show starts, I was sharing about the critical days we are living in. And our guest today, I'm just so excited to have Travis Johnson with me. He pastors a great church down in Mobile, Alabama, called Pathway Church, and if you're ever in that part of the country or if you live in that part of the country, you need to go to Pathway and be challenged by vision and purpose.
Philip:The Bible says, "Where there is no vision, people perish." And I'm watching in the world today, unless you have a clear vision and a purpose that God's put within your heart, you'll just meander along through life, and we don't have enough time left to meander. My meandering days are coming to an end. I want to get on the diamond and see what God can do. So we've got a great program for you today. Before we talk to Travis, and his daughter, Courtney, is with him. She's got a really exciting project that I think you'll want to be a part of.
Philip:But we have a mission work. Thirty-seven years ago, I adopted a boy in Romania. I didn't expect to adopt him. I went there with my dad, who had nagged me to go because he was watching the BBC, and the terrible things that were taking place in the orphanages in Moldova. He nagged me literally for a whole week and said, "You've got to go and help." And I said, "Dad, I'm not going. You're sick." He was recovering from cancer surgery. I said, "I'm busy. Leave this alone." And on the Thursday night, he says, "Well, if you won't go with me, I'm going by myself, and if I die on the way, it's your fault." And that was how I got introduced to missions in Romania.
Philip:And I walked into this orphanage of 200 kids, and right in the middle of it all, there's a wee boy standing. And the Holy Spirit spoke to me as I'm talking to you, clearly, he said, "That's your son." It was the weirdest and wonderful but weird. I went and picked this wee boy up. I said, "I don't know who you are, but I promise you I'll never forget you, and I'm not going to settle until I make you my own." And it took me a year to do that, but in the meantime, they had no toilets in this place. They used coffee cans.
Philip:So I replaced all the toilets. And the roof leaked, so I fixed the roof. There was no heating, so we fixed the heating. The beds were painted with lead paint, and we replaced all the beds with wooden beds. And by the time I adopted Andrew, I had become addicted to caring for these kids that could do nothing to help and to give nothing back to us. And in the last 25 years, we've been in a country called Moldova. It's the poorest country in Europe. It has the highest alcoholism in the world, and children are trafficked.
Philip:Hundreds of thousands of kids have been trafficked in Moldova. And we've got the most amazing place called Vatra Village. It's a village of homes built originally for rich people. They never finished the project because the lake it's beside was poisoned by chlorine that they used to try and kill the algae. What can I tell you? And so we bought these homes, finished them, and we take young girls in that would normally be at the risk of the trafficker, and we put them back in school, tell them that God's got a plan for their life.
Philip:And these amazing kids are turning from orphans to sons and daughters and to missionaries. It is amazing to see what God has done. One of our girls is called Dorina, and she has a sister who is also at Vatra Village, and they just sent me this video of her just the other day. I think it will bless you. Watch this.
Dorina:My name is Dorina, and I come from a large family with five children. I'm the oldest child. When I think back to my childhood, I remember many quiet evenings in our home, not because everything was okay, but because we simply didn't have enough food to eat. The house we lived in was very small, just two rooms for seven people. It was heartbreaking to watch my younger brothers and sisters go to bed hungry and know that there was nothing I could do to help them.
Dorina:I remember praying that the evenings would end as quickly as possible so that I could fall asleep, hide my tears, and pray to God, and that somehow a miracle would happen, that we would have food on our table. My parents never gave us gifts, not for Christmas, not even for birthdays, not because they didn't love us, but because they simply couldn't afford to. I understood that and never blamed them. I didn't dream about having beautiful clothes, sweets, toys, or dolls.
Dorina:My greatest dream was to grow up as quickly as possible so that I could earn money, help my family, and rescue my younger siblings from the hardship we were living through. I came to Vatra Village through my sister. For me, The Orphan's Hands became one of the greatest opportunities of my life and a true miracle from God. Here, I learned to believe in myself. I met new people who became my family, and I discovered that God is always at work and that he continues to bless and provide.
Dorina:My encouragement to anyone who feels trapped in difficult circumstances is this: even when it seems like there is no way out, when everything feels impossible, don't lose hope. God works miracles. No matter how dark the situation may seem today, God can still write a beautiful story for your future.
Philip:An amazing story of miraculous redemption. Her name is Dorina. If the traffickers get her, she will earn $300,000 a year for the traffickers. That's how much she's worth. And when they come to Vatra Village, they're back to school, and the work of grace that happens in their lives, and they turn themselves into missionaries. And all through the summertime, they have youth camps, and through the wintertime, as autumn comes, they give away wood to widows that are in dire need.
Philip:Each of the homes in Vatra Village adopts a village in the country and transforms that village by care, by the gospel, and by good works. They dig widows' gardens in the spring and plant vegetables for them. And all of that you see has been done by people just like you giving $1 a day. A dollar a day won't change your world. A dollar a day changed Dorina's world forevermore. And God is allowing us to expand our ministry.
Philip:We're at this moment working on two new homes for small kids between the age of four and 16. Our kids at Vatra Village, the age limit there is 16 and upwards. And so we are so excited. We have one house finished, one more house to go, and every one of our houses needs 300 people giving $1 a day. You can change a life. You can literally reach from your home where you are right now, all the way around the world, and tell a wee girl like Dorina.
Philip:New girls are coming in at the end of this year, and you can say to them, "We will give you hope in Jesus for $1 a day." As a Scotsman, that's the best bargain I've ever heard in my life. You can contact us, very simple. Orphan Hands, PO Box 25, Clinton, Tennessee 37716. So easy. You can also go to dailyfaith.tv. There's a giving page there. Fill that out and we'll get it from you. And also, if you want to go to Daily Faith, it's 833-DAILYFAITH. Just dial that on your phone and you'll get a real, live operator talk to you about what we're doing overseas.
Philip:And I need you to pray about being a part with us for this as these new kids come in, especially the younger ones. We don't have enough sponsors to open the house. The house is almost done. We just need 300 people to say, "We are in. Count us in to be a part with it." Thank you so much for thinking and praying about for the orphans. He is the father of the fatherless. I'm delighted to have Pastor Travis Johnson with me and his daughter, Courtney.
Philip:I didn't even remember how we got into each other's lives, but I so admire this man, not just for being a pastor, but his outreach. His ministry outreach is in the realm of politics, and I've long said this, that the church needs to stand up on its hind legs and speak the truth and be involved in what's going on in the world today. You get the government you deserve. And unless we stand up for what we believe is righteousness and who represents the closest thing to what we feel is righteousness, abortion wouldn't be an issue. The stuff that they're pushing, transgenderism and changing these children with operations, that wouldn't happen if the church would have a clear voice. And my friend Travis has a clear voice.
Buy a Tree, Change a Life Ministry Launch
Philip:Travis, thank you for being with us today, and I'm thrilled to meet your lovely daughter, Courtney. God bless you, Courtney.
Travis Johnson:Hey, it's so great to see you, Philip. And of course, I'm super excited to have my daughter Courtney with me. She is leading one of our missions organizations. It's called Buy a Tree, Change a Life. So she's beautiful. She's sweet. She's a killer, too, though. She's doing some incredible things for the kingdom.
Philip:I love it. Courtney, tell us what you're doing, because this is very close to my heart.
Courtney:Yes. As I was listening to what you were sharing, I just felt the connection of what our organization does as well. Buy a Tree, Change a Life started as a small group project that just got out of hand. We were trying to help a family in our church who was trying to adopt a little girl from Ethiopia. They had already adopted her little sister, and they needed $25,000 to complete the adoption. So we said, "What can we do?" We sold Christmas trees for that first year. And we raised the $25,000. They adopted her into their family, and then we said, "Let's keep doing this. We can continue to help children, both in our community and around the world, just by selling Christmas trees and inspiring generosity for people to help change the lives of children, just like you guys are doing with Orphan Hands."
Philip:It is a brilliant concept. Everybody has a Christmas tree. Why don't we put a Christmas tree in our house for missions to care for those that will change lives around the world? And when I heard this, your dad talked to me about it the last time he was here and I went, "Oh my goodness. Why didn't I think of that?" And you have a website — Buy a Tree, Change a Life. Is that correct? Did I say it correctly?
Courtney:Yes, buyatreechangealife.com.
Philip:Buyatreechangealife.com. That's right. If you're a pastor right now, listen to me. I believe in capturing every dollar we can for the kingdom of God. Your people are going to buy Christmas trees. Why don't we buy them from the church? Rather than go out and go to the Christmas tree lot like we have, we all have one and we all go to one, why don't we have it at the church so that we can capture those dollars and bring the real meaning of Christmas, the Lord Jesus, to those that have never heard the gospel?
Churches Raising $47,000 Through Christmas Trees
Courtney:It's a pretty great thing. Our average church and site raises $47,000 over two or three weeks. And so all you're doing is — sometimes pastors think, "Well, I don't want to bring this missions project in because it could cut down on our giving." Sometimes that does happen. But this, you're fishing in a totally different pond. People are already buying their tree. You just reappropriate that into the kingdom of God.
Philip:That is such a genius idea. We have a wee video to show you right now, and I think it may tell you better than we're trying to tell you. Watch this video.
Buy a Tree, Change a Life leads churches and organizations across the United States in selling thousands of Christmas trees and giving all of the money away to help children in their community, as well as around the world. It's actually become the biggest builder of community within our church, as well as the greatest connector to our community. It's given us countless opportunities to have an impact on the lives of children, both locally here in our community and globally. If you're not a part of Buy a Tree, Change a Life, I just strongly encourage you to make that decision. It'll change your life. It'll change your church's life. It will change the lives of countless people within your community as well. Buy a tree, change a life!
Philip:Oh my goodness, that is absolutely brilliant. Love it. And I want you to go right now to the website, buyatreechangealife.com. If you're a pastor, you can get in contact, I'm sure, with Pathway Church, and they'll walk this thing. Tell us the support you have to offer a pastor that would like to do this this year for missions.
Courtney:Yeah, so we will help with all the logistics. All the pastor will do is host that Christmas tree site on their property. So we will help them get the trees. We'll help them understand how to sell the trees and to market. And all they do is show up, get business sponsors, and raise money for kids.
Travis Johnson:Philip, I remember one of our first years, we had a guy come in and volunteer in the site. Didn't go to our church. He accepted Christ in the tent. His first day in church, we baptized him, and we've seen that happen with political leaders. We saw the county manager of Miami-Dade County come and buy a Christmas tree, and then he became a part of our church. And just watching all that the Lord's been doing. And for a lot of churches, there's certain communities that think that the church is just out for themselves. They forget that we're the ones that started all the hospitals and the schools and the children's homes globally. But sometimes the church needs a little bit of good PR, and you can't beat helping kids at Christmas.
Philip:Absolutely not. I think this is a genius idea. I really do. And if you're a pastor, they will help you. Listen, what you said, Courtney told us that they'll help you source the trees, put the whole thing together. So it's not you just saying, "Well, I can't do that. I don't know how to do this." They will hold your hand and get everything in place for you.
Courtney:We'll walk you step by step.
Philip:That's right. It's brilliant, and I just can't encourage you enough. If you're watching, call your pastor and say, "Listen, Pastor, would you like to give up to $40,000 a year this year to missions?" And it's not giving money. It's money that people will spend anyway. And I just think it's a genius idea. Travis, I know that God has put you in a tremendous position right now as a counselor and a voice for the church in political high places.
How a Beach Baptism Led to Political Engagement
Philip:You mentioned to me that you've been with Prime Minister Netanyahu as much as a dozen times. And tell us from your unique perspective what you see taking place, because I know enough that there's big stuff happening in the heavenlies that will be manifest on Earth.
Travis Johnson:Well, one thing I found out as a pastor is if you don't get involved in politics, politics will get involved in you. It may not be in some extravagant way. It might be like zoning. You can't get your church zoned, or there's some issue like that. And so it's important that the church gets involved. Pastors go to city council. Really, we should have people on our school boards, that sort of thing. That's where a lot of things happen that are really important for us to get involved in. But that wasn't me. I just wanted to preach, wanted to baptize people. I want to share the gospel, want to advance the kingdom of God, be with people in their high points and low points.
Travis Johnson:And then for me, it happened when we had park officers and lifeguards shut down one of our baptisms at the beach. It was all very embarrassing. Long story short, I just started stepping forward because it kind of came into me, and through that, through some seemingly just kind of bland, typical moments that pushed me to the forefront. And then I found myself in the middle of a challenge. A prayer in my city hall became very challenging. Freedom From Religion Foundation came after me, ACLU, SPLC, Human Rights Campaign, all started showing up. And we were getting doxxed, pictures of our house and our address was being put online, that sort of thing.
Meetings with Netanyahu, Trump, and World Leaders
Travis Johnson:And I really felt like if I could back up, maybe some of that drama would drop down, but I felt like the Lord put me in that situation, so I just need to step forward. When I did that, I think the Lord just saw that I was faithful in that moment, he moved me into a new place. So I never, Philip, I was never trying to get involved in things. Between the Prime Minister, Ambassador of Israel, Foreign Minister, I have been in a lot of spaces. President Trump. The President of Congo had me preach in front of the People's Palace back in July, in front of 30,000 people. That was not something I'd ever planned to do.
Travis Johnson:And it does come with some challenges. But I've found out that the Lord is looking for vessels everywhere. Not the best, not the brightest, but people who will be available for the Lord to use. And if we will, we'll change our family, we'll change our church, we'll change our city, we could even change our nation. And I want to do that for the name and the cause of Christ, and I think there's a lot of other people that are out there that would like to do the same.
Philip:I know this, that there are people watching just now, and they're appalled at the boldness of sin that's coming into our country. That they're talking about the women's basketball league right now and the transgender issue. And all the different... There's no shame anymore in this thing. There's no embarrassment. They're in your face, and they want you to back off and let them do what they want. And I know there are housewives watching, and businesspeople watching, and pastors watching, and they're thinking, "What can I do to affect such a massive world that we live in?" And you've just mentioned it. In our church, recently, one of our men in the church ran for a school board position and won. Because it doesn't take much to win. If a church all votes together, the guy's going to get in.
Philip:And if we do that over and over again, I'm watching in Minnesota, the Somalians are all getting together in one place and affecting that one place. In Britain, London, the mayor of London is a Muslim. Birmingham is a Muslim. Manchester is a Muslim. They are taking over the government of our country. So the mass of people don't see what a relatively small amount of people are doing, and they're turning law and changing the entire nation. Great Britain is at risk. And France, and Sweden, and Germany, and Italy are all at risk just now because the church has sat back, and Islam has said, "Well, we'll fill that void," and it's time for the church to stand up.
Travis Johnson:Should pastors preach about politics or talk about politics in the church? I don't even think that's really what it is. I think that's a misnomer. The sanctity of life is not a political issue. It's a moral theological issue. It's a biblical issue. In fact, I was reading this week in Leviticus, it might've been Deuteronomy chapter 22, and the Lord is saying, "If you give your descendants over to be burned by Molech or to be consumed by Molech, then you should be cut off." And then it says, "If you know of people, if there are people around you who are doing this and you don't oppose it, then you would be cut off."
Sanctity of Life as a Biblical Not Political Issue
Travis Johnson:And I think of how many pastors who have said, "Well, abortion is a political issue, so I'm not going to address it." This is terrible. Actually, scripture condemns that. Or imagine this, that Martin Luther King Jr. would not have stood up during the civil rights movement. What would have happened? What would have happened if William Wilberforce had not stood up as an MP? What would have happened? It's incumbent on pastors to speak about the sanctity of life, about human identity, about biblical marriage. And there are parents in our churches that are dealing with these issues in their own family, and they don't even know what to do because their pastor is quiet about these issues.
Travis Johnson:And unless we speak... The Johnson Amendment was used for years to silence churches, and that was rescinded by President Trump. And we have the right to stand up and speak about... I wouldn't go as far as name a candidate, but I sure as heck would name a principle, what we stand for and what faith demands of us, what we stand for.
Philip:You are watching with Israel right now, and both you and I sat and watched the horrendous, unredacted video of October the 7th and the utter butchery of these animals that crossed into Israel and killed so many people. Do you see some kind of conclusion, or is this going to be a bleeding sore that's been since 1948?
Israel, October 7th, and Global Christian Responsibility
Travis Johnson:Well, the scripture says that Israel is a heavy stone to lift. And so when you mess with Israel, it's going to be a problem. I'll be in Israel on October 7th, in just a few weeks there. We'll be there to commemorate that day. There's a global prayer movement that's taking place around that. And I'm just asking that God would minister to the people. "Well, Pastor, I don't think Israel should be attacking Gaza like they are." Listen to me. Wherever there are terrorists, there will be killing. This is not unique to Israel and Judea, Samaria, Palestine. This is happening in Congo.
Travis Johnson:Did you know that just this last weekend, there were 76 Christians that were killed by the ADF in Congo? That's an ISIS-affiliated Islamic terrorist group. And not a word. There are Christians in church who are beheaded in church. This stuff happens all the time around the world. Look at Nigeria. Look at Mozambique. It's happening. Slaves. In America, it's happening. Christians sold as slaves. Even in the founding of our country, we actually were having to deal with Islamic terrorists. The Barbary pirates, yeah. And so look, October 7th should never have happened.
Travis Johnson:You saw the two boys on the video? Where the grenade exploded, and they're both comforting each other. They're like six and eight years old. Those boys were going to be killed. They saw their father killed. This is a terrible thing. I'm praying, and I pray also that there would be strength. There's a real move of antisemitism. It has been on the left. It is on the right. And we've heard it with these talking heads, podcasters, that sort of thing. But it's important that the church is clear that we should stand with Israel.
Antisemitism and the Church's Call to Stand with Israel
Travis Johnson:Let me say, if you're not even a Christian, and you don't believe the Bible, what the Bible says about God's covenant with Israel, you dismiss the Bible, Israel is the only bulwark in the Middle East against Islamic terrorism. And you know what? They want to get through Israel because they want America. They want to destroy America as well. And so now is a really good time to speak and stand with Israel and pray for the peace of Israel.
Philip:I love you so much, and I appreciate you so much for what you're doing, not just locally but for worldwide missions through this incredible Buy a Tree, Change a Life. Please come back on again, so we can discuss this further. I think it's important. If you're anywhere in the Mobile area, Pathway Church in Mobile, Alabama. We love you guys. Thank you, Courtney, for being such a light, as a Christmas tree light, for the gospel.
Courtney:Yes. Thank you for having us.
Philip:Thank you for watching Daily Faith today. We'll see you again soon. Bye-bye.
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Common questions
Why did Travis Johnson get involved in politics if he just wanted to preach?
Travis never set out to be politically involved — he just wanted to preach, baptize people, and share the gospel. It started when park officers shut down one of his beach baptisms, and then escalated when a prayer at city hall drew opposition from groups like the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the ACLU, and the SPLC. He felt the Lord had placed him in that situation, so instead of backing down, he stepped forward — and says that faithfulness in that moment opened doors he never expected, including meetings with Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump.
Does Travis Johnson think pastors should preach about abortion and transgender issues from the pulpit?
Travis argues that framing these as 'political' issues is a misnomer — he sees the sanctity of life and human identity as moral, theological, and biblical issues. He points to Leviticus/Deuteronomy passages where God condemns both child sacrifice and the silence of bystanders who know it's happening, and draws a parallel to pastors who stay quiet on abortion. He also notes that parents in churches are wrestling with these issues in their own families and need their pastor to speak.
What is Buy a Tree, Change a Life and how does it work for churches?
Buy a Tree, Change a Life is a missions fundraising organization started by Courtney Johnson that began as a small-group project to raise $25,000 for an Ethiopian adoption — by selling Christmas trees. Churches host a Christmas tree sales site on their property, and the organization handles logistics, tree sourcing, and marketing guidance. Courtney says the average church site raises around $47,000 over two to three weeks, and because people are already planning to buy a tree, it draws from a different pool than regular church giving.
Where does Travis Johnson stand on Israel and the conflict in Gaza?
Travis is firmly pro-Israel and plans to be in Israel on October 7th to commemorate the anniversary. He argues that wherever terrorists operate, violence follows — and that this is not unique to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, pointing to ISIS-affiliated killings of Christians in Congo and Nigeria as examples the media largely ignores. He also makes a secular case: even setting aside biblical covenant, he says Israel is the only bulwark in the Middle East against Islamic terrorism, and that those who want to destroy Israel ultimately want to reach America too.
What practical advice does Travis give for Christians who want to make a difference but feel overwhelmed?
Travis says the Lord isn't looking for the best or the brightest — just people who are available and faithful in the moment they're placed in. He encourages Christians to start locally: attend city council meetings, get people onto school boards, and vote as a unified church community. He notes that a church voting together can be enough to get a candidate elected to a local position, and that small, consistent engagement at the community level is where real change begins.
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