Pastor Thomas John was born in Kerala, India. He moved to Houston at the age of two and lived with his family in Stafford, Texas until he graduated from Stafford High School in 1994.
At the age of twenty, God called him to the ministry and went to World Harvest Bible College in Columbus, Ohio where he received a two-year degree in Pastoral Ministry. He continued his education at Ohio Christian University and received his BA degree in Religion. Pastor John met his wife, Emily, at World Harvest Bible College in Columbus. She also completed her two-year degree in Pastoral Ministry. She continued her education at Ohio State University and completed her BA degree in Finance. Once in Houston, she completed her MBA at Texas Women’s University. Emily works full-time at M.D. Anderson Hospital, and she serves faithfully with her husband at IBC. Emily helps oversee the children’s ministry and women ministry. They have 2 daughters, Aniya and Aaliyah. Pastor John and his wife have been serving at International Bible Church since October 2012.
It is their desire to see the purpose and will of God to be done. Both are spirit-filled and not ashamed of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. They want to see many come to the Lord and experience His great power. They are trying to raise a generation on fire for God so they can be used by God.
“I beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” (Romans 12:1-2) NKJV.
