Bishop S. Tilewa Johnson is the current Bishop of Gambia and is the first Gambian national to hold the post. He was consecrated in 1990 and the challenge from the Archbishop, The Most Revd. George D. Browne was to crystallize his many years of service into a vision that would reflect the needs and aspirations of the people of God in The Gambia.

It's a well known fact that when all is said and done, there is an awful lot more said than done. However, the Diocese of Gambia have an excellent record in recent years of the implementation of dreams and vision into concrete action. This is seen clearly in the Bishop's Manual, printed for the Millennium, where positive steps are outlined, achievable targets set and implemented, and foundations are being laid to ensure that the See is in a healthy state by the year 2010.

Proverbs 29:18 relates a vision to cohesion and order in the community - recognizing the need for both leadership and vision. It goes without saying that, for this vision to be realized, the community must share in the formulation of the vision and the process towards its attainment. It is worth looking at the verse from Proverbs to give us deeper insight into its meaning: "Where there is no vision the people perish"