J. John

John Ioannou John (b 2nd June 1958) is best known as J.John. He is an international evangelist and author based in the U.K…

He was born in London of Greek parents who were owners and managers of a local restaurant in London.

J.John started his career in 1976 as a psychiatric nurse at Napsbury hospital in St. Albans, England.

In 1978 he went to St. John’s Theological College in Nottingham. While there in 1980 he worked at the Christian Renewal centre in Northern Ireland. He took part in reconciliation work as a member of the community, including volunteering at the local prison.

Under the leadership of David and Joyce Nugget he became Director of Evangelism at St. Nicholas’ church in Nottingham. He also began to work as an itinerant evangelist travelling the country and speaking at universities, churches and other venues.

J.John established the Philo Trust as a charity in Nottingham in 1980 today it is situated in Chorelywood, England. The purpose of the trust is to support J.John and his associates in their ministry. ‘Philo’ is the Greek for brotherly love

He has completed 1000s of speaking engagements at conferences, towns, cities and universities across the world - 69 countries on 6 continents.

Ten which became just 10 - the teaching of the 10 commandments began in January 1998 and was televised. Since then * just 10 Toolkit* -2 DVD courses for churches and small groups (2010). * just 10 for Kids* - online resource and book (2013) . The DVD has reached an audience of over 1 million. 7,500 books sold or given away. Pope Francis has copy of the book. (Read* just 10* )

JustOne - the use of stadiums because John J. , In Winchester Cathedral, heard a voice say * Now is the time to step up and use football stadiums for evangelism again*. Saturday, 8th July 2017 at Arsenal’s Emirate Stadium
was the venue for the first one - just under 24, 000 attended. (Read ‘Just One’)

Since 1988 J John has authored over 60 books. There are 1,000, 000 copies of his books in circulation.

Awards and recognition
1998 received a Lambeth MA from Archbishop George Carey.
2003 appointed an Honorary Canon of Coventry Cathedral
2012 ordained Presbyter and Canon Missioner by Bishop David Carr

*J.John is a speaker of national and international repute. I regard the work of J.John as being of primary importance. *
Lord Cary, former Archbishop of Canterbury

Sources used
Eden,co.uk
wikipedia