John is a passionate leader, pastor, and author known for his creative, practical, Biblical teaching. John’s messages bring inspiration and clear, practical life application and help people to experience real life change in Christ. John’s desire to ignite passion in others for the Holy Spirit is something he carries out in a naturally-supernatural way—and it’s contagious!
John and his wife, Ann, have been married for more than twenty years and are the founders of Centerpoint Ministries in Murrieta, CA, and Filled to Flow Ministries. John’s passion for leading a flourishing local church has helped him to lead Centerpoint Church from a gathering of 65 people to a thriving church of several thousand people. John has an M.Div. from Fuller Seminary. With a love for raising pastors and leaders for the Body of Christ, John has helped hundreds of leaders find their place of life-giving service in the Church at large.
John lives in Murrieta, CA, with Ann and their three kids. John and Ann enjoy seeing their kids thrive in their teenage and young adult years. John spends free time paragliding the cliffs and ridges of Torrey Pines and hiking the trails of Santa Rosa Plateau. If a guy’s gonna make a big deal about the Holy Spirit who comes ‘like a dove,’ he might as well spend some time flying like one :)