John Wakefield was privileged to grow up in a Christian home where he heard the gospel from the youngest age. As a child, he came to understand his own sinfulness and need for the Lord Jesus Christ. He believes that God in mercy and grace brought him to repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus early in life.
As a teenager, he felt a strong desire for the ministry and pursued training at Liberty University and Reformed Theological Seminary. In 1983, John was called into the ministry and has been privileged to minister to God’s people since then.
In the summer of 2015, John was called to be an elder at Grace Baptist Church of Essex. He was ordained to the office in October of 2015.
John was blessed to be able to marry Cathy in 1980. God has blessed them with four children and a growing number of grandchildren.