Show circuit rider travels miles weekly to reach parish KANSAS CITY MO traveling ng nearly a thousand miles every weekend to preach to his congregation the rev E V johnson 33 year old former array army chaplain ranks as the modern modem version of the old time circuit rider A train however supplants the horse as his bis mode of transportation por tation every week from tuesday through friday mr johnson attends classes at central baptist theological sem inary here on friday he hops a train for his pastorate at locust grove tex Leavi leaving fig kansas city at 9 p rn friday he has a 12 hour train trip before reaching canadian tex where his wife and two children sharon 8 and mary vests vesta 4 are waiting to take him the 16 10 miles to locust grove by car on the return trip sir mr johnson leaves locust grove on monday to catch a train back in time for opening ot of classes tuesday morn mom ing the round trip Is miles A railroad pass Is a big lift tor for mr johnsons weekly trip locust grove ts Is a small community where church services are held in a schoolhouse but the young minister Is spearheading spear heading a movement to build a church before entering the ahe army as a chaplain mi johnson linson Jn was pastor of the boswell oua okla baptist church |