Clarence Johnson, president and senior pastor of ACTS Outreach Ministries, Inc. and executive clinician of Assoicated Counseling & Training Services, is a native of Chicago, IL and a resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin for 20 years. He is a dynamic conference speaker who is well known for his passionate and dedicated service to the field of substance abuse and behavioral health.

Clarence is a member of Berean Family Worship Center (BFWC), where Walter Henderson, III is the senior pastor.

Clarence received his bachelors in criminal justice from Concordia University in Mequon WI and is currently attending the University of Milwaukee-Platteville to obtain a masters in counseling. 

He served as a program coordiantor for the 28-day program at Aurora Healthcare's  
"Dewey Center". He served as clinical supervisor for Matt Talbot Recovery Center, Inc. a residential treatment center in the heart of Milwaukee's inner-city and worked on the out-patient counseling staff at Metro Milwaukee Recovery Center and De Paul Hospital.  Clarence has supervised several modalities of treatment during his 20 years in the field of addiction, which enables him to cover a broad array of treatment options and approaches using both traditional and non- traditional methods.

Clarence is a man of strong faith. He serves as a member of the Chaplin team in the Milwaukee County Jail and House of Correction, and has shared inspirational messages in prisons throughout the state of WI for the past 18 years. He teaches relapse prevention and addiction education in organizations like Ethan Allen School for Boy, St. Charles Family Services and several public and private alternative schools.

Clarence is an energetic conference host that is able to stimulate his audience with relevant information, humor, and testimonies that are both thought provoking and soul-searching. From his long personal history as an addict and inmate, Clarence enables you to view addiction from the inside out. He has been married for 18 years and partners with his wife, Pamela, to provide marriage and spiritual counseling to individual and families. They have raised 4 children and are blessed to share 9 grandchildren. They attribute the success of their blended family to a strong faith in God and commitment to family values.

Clarence has received numerous service awards from respected government, community and organizational leaders. He was recognized as a faithful servant by the Christian Stewardship Foundations and received an excellence award from the Wisconsin Association of Alcohol and Drug Addiction (WAAODA) and similiar commendations from several other community organizations.

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