After serving as a church planting strategist with the International Mission Board in Central Asia for 14 years, John worked as the associate pastor of family and children ministries at Miner Baptist Church for five years. He has been serving as the Director of Missions for the Cape Girardeau Baptist Association since March 2013, where he assists churches in the southeast region of Missouri with revitalization efforts, as part of the Missouri Baptist Convention's Resound Network. John has received various training in Church Revitalization and Church Planting, including certification as a Church Revitalization Pathfinder, Transitional Revitalization Pastor, and Trainer. He is also a Coach through Corpus Vitae, trained by the North American Mission Board SEND Missouri as a trainer with the SEND Church Planter Training and SEND Coach Training programs.