John has been actively involved in EBC since May 2020 leading and preaching each week, however John’s association with the church goes back longer. John came to know the Lord Jesus Christ whilst as a teenager in the village of Kensworth and has served in different churches as a deacon and elder. John worked as a Chartered Civil Engineer for 25 years in the construction industry before leaving to become a bookseller in a Christian Bookstore in Dunstable in 2008, a ministry of Dunstable Baptist Church. John was sent out in 2020, by Dunstable Baptist Church, to help revitalise EBC. John became the Pastor of EBC in 2023. John is married to Bev and they have three grown up children and six grandchildren. John enjoys good coffee, walking, reading books and football, following his local team Luton Town FC.