Beni Johnson, senior leader of the 11,000 member Bethel Church in Redding, California, and wife of Bill Johnson, died on Wednesday (July 13) at the age of 67 after a long battle with cancer.
Beni was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2018, and although the cancer was found early and successfully removed, doctors discovered she had a mutation of her BRCA2 gene that made her more vulnerable to developing other types of cancer.
Bill Johnson posted an image of his wife on Facebook after her passing with the words, “Healthy and Free,” followed by a smiling faced heart-eyed emoji, a loudly crying face emoji, and another smiling faced heart-eyed emoji. The post has received over 42,000 reactions and over 10,000 comments.
One of their three children, Brian Johnson, who leads Bethel Music, posted the news about his mother on Instagram, writing, “My mom went home tonight. Love you mom.” Bethel Music posted the song “Goodness of God” and captioned the lyric, “Your goodness is running after me,” followed by an emoji of a dove.