Brother John graduated from the Montgomery Central High School in Clarksville, Tennessee. He received degrees from the Kentucky Technical Institute, the University of Kentucky, and the Gulf Coast Baptist Institute. Brother John has worked with churches in Kentucky, Louisiana, and Missouri. He served as the Missionary Baptist Student Fellowship Director to the University of Kentucky for the Fairhaven Baptist Church, Director of Christian Education and Music for the Colonial Baptist Church, and is now Pastor of the Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Sikeston, Mo.