John Vernon has been married to his wife, Janet, since December 1985. They have three daughters-Jessica (Richard Hartlein), Brittany (Jonathan Woods), and Amanda; in addition, they have four grandchildren: Michael, Nathaniel, Oliver, and Ava. After serving in a variety of roles with the International Mission Board in Central Asia for 14 years, John served on staff at Miner Baptist Church as the associate pastor of family and children ministries for five years. He has been serving as Director of Missions since March 2013 and assists churches throughout the southeast region of Missouri with church renewal as part of the MBC Resound Network. In addition to ongoing training with the MBC Resound Network, he is certified as a Church Revitalization Pathfinder, Transitional Revitalization Pastor and Trainer, and Coach through Corpus Vitae. Beginning January 2022, he is also serving as a trainer for the NAMB SEND Church Planter Training Center and trained as a SEND Network Coach for church planters. As he continues to equip new leaders locally and in North America, he still has a passion for the nations which is demonstrated by his ongoing involvement with the Perspectives Course through which he is an instructor for Lesson 13: Spontaneous Multiplication of Churches.
When we recognized our need for a person to improve our communications with the churches and better serve the individual needs of our bivocational pastors, we determined to create a new position to meet this need with excellence. No position can fulfill these expectations without a great servant. Daryl retired from full time pastoral ministry in 2020 and moved from ND to MO where the winter’s are milder. You will find him to be a great listener and eager to learn about you and your ministry.
Daryl is a native of southwestern North Dakota. He met his wife (Beth), who grew up in Cape Girardeau, on a blind date when he was a first year student at Dallas Theological Seminary and she was a senior at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. Both of them had become Christians in college through the ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU). They have four children (Heather, Andrew, Mark & Holly) and eight grandchildren (Emma, Max, Lucy, Naomi, Meg, Ruby, Gus & Cora).
Daryl also serves in another part time role with Crown Chaplain Ministries as a chaplain at Capetown Americare in Cape Girardeau and The Villas in Jackson. Beth is currently the music teacher at Lynwood Christian Academy. He enjoys sports, having officiated high school football and basketball for over thirty years, and the outdoors. Beth enjoys knitting in her spare time. They are delighted to be in Southeast MO at this time.
