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John Wolf is the Founder & Director of Church
Education Resource Ministries. John started CERM in May of 2006 to
provide a resourceful website to aid and assist other Christians
looking for brief and concise information on a wide variety of
Biblical & Theological topics. Many have praised this ministry
and CERM welcomes all feedback, so do not hesitate to email.
Testimony
John came to salvation at the young age of five at his mother's Good News Club during his days in the Christian and Missionary Alliance and grew up in a contemporary New-Evangelical church background. During his youth summers from 1988-1996 he attended a Evangelical Youth camp associated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Santa Rosa California. It was there that he rededicated his life to the Lord in 1995. In 2004 John joined an Evangelical Conservative church in Northern California and in 2005 was privileged to attend John MacArthur's Shepherd's Conference in southern California with his church leaders.
Educational Background
In the year 2000 John earned a Associates Degree from Canada College in Business. He graduated with a 3.67 GPA and was admitted to the Phi Theta Kappa International Honors Society. Then in 2001 John was accepted to Simpson University. While attending Simpson he did an Internship with Youth4Christ in 2004 where he did various duties which included Bible Study curriculum, website design, research and Small group devotions. Also while at Simpson John worked in church ministry with two conservative Evangelical churches. One church he worked in their Sunday School department, and another he did various tasks ranging from setup/cleanup to public speaking. John also served as the sports editor and photographer for the on campus Newspaper his first year, and his last semester wrote two discerning critiques of two churches in the Redding, CA area. You may find these articles in his Word of Faith article and in his Emerging Church article. And while at Simpson John served in two of the on campus outreach ministries, and was a member of the Ping Pong and Paintball clubs. John graduated with a BA in Church Education Ministries from Simpson in 2005 and a minor in Bible/Theology. From 2007-2009 John attended seminary while working on a Masters of Divinity degree and also worked as a Graduate Assistant at Bob Jones University.
Ministry Experience
John has worked in a number of different
occupations and fields some of which are retail sales, copy center
duplication, home care, forklift driving, etc.. He served as the
leader of a Soul
Winning street evangelism ministry that
engaged and preached the gospel to the lost souls in his city for 1
year, and still involves himself in preaching the gospel on the
streets of his city and engaging lost souls with the truth.
Some of his ministry experience is as follows.
Truth Seekers Christian Club President. Canada College, Fall
1996
Street Evangelism Outreach Ministries, Simpson University,
Fall 2001 & Summer 2003
Research Intern. Youth4Christ, Summer 2004
Nursing Home ministry Preacher. Bob Jones University, Fall
2007-Spring 2008
Interim Sunday School DIRECTOR. SonPoint Baptist fellowship,
Summer 2008
Church Assistant/Evangelism Ministries/Preacher. Hope Baptist
Church, Summer 2008-Sept 2009
Street Evangelism Ministry leader. Bob Jones University, Sept
2008-May 2009
Street Evangelist & Street Preacher-Summer 2008, May
2009-PRESENT
Media Exposure
In early 2010 John was featured as the
leading critic in a article
in a California publication focusing on the teachings, philosophies,
methods, and social & spiritual influence of a Word of Faith church
in Redding, CA. John is also featured as a source in the Wikipedia article
on the Word of Faith movement. In the middle of 2010 John was
interviewed by Fox
Carolina and featured on the 10oclock news
for his input about the practice of Street Preaching.
Personal Life
Although John grew up in a New Evangelicalism background and culture, in 2004 his theology got more conservative as he joined a Evangelical Conservative Church in northern California. In 2007 he left California to attend Bob Jones Seminary and has been living in South Carolina to the present day. In his spare time John is often out soul winning and preaching the gospel to the lost. He also enjoys photographing animals & Nature, shooting video photography, working with computers & technology, politics, debating, among other things.
