John Cafourek was born in South Dakota. He attended Ambassador College in Pasadena, California , from 1965 to 1969, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He received a Master’s Degree in psychological counseling from Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in 1978. John has pastored churches in Nebraska, North Dakota, Missouri, Mississippi, Washington, and Oregon.
He has directed speech clubs for men, given seminars on abuse and addicitons, and traveled as an international speaker in Canada, England, New Zealand, Jamaica, Australia, and other areas. He also directs a United Church of God preteen camp for children ages 6 to 12 and serves at the church’s teen camp. He married his wife Sandy in 1969, and they have two daughters and six grandchildren.