John Vernon has been married to his wife, Janet, since December 1985. They have three daughters-Jessica (Richard Hartlein), Brittany, and Amanda-and three grandsons-Michael, Nathaniel, and Oliver. After serving as a church planting strategist with the International Mission Board in Central Asia for 14 years, John served on staff at Miner Baptist Church as the associate pastor of family and children ministries for five years. He has been serving as Director of Missions since March 2013 and assists churches throughout the southeast region of Missouri in the area of revitalization/renewal as part of the MBC Resound Network. In addition to ongoing training with the MBC Resound Network, he is certified as a Church Revitalization Pathfinder, Transitional Revitalization Pastor and Trainer, and Coach through Corpus Vitae. Beginning January 2022, he is also serving as a trainer for the NAMB SEND Church Planter Training Center and trained as a SEND Network Coach for church planters. As he continues to equip new leaders locally and in North America, he still has a passion for the nations which is demonstrated by his ongoing involvement with the Perspectives Course through which he is an instructor for Lesson 13: Spontaneous Multiplication of Churches.
