JOHN ROWELL
Ever since he can remember, John felt called to be a missionary. But for most of his life, John ran from that calling. What started as a gentle drift from the faith of his family in primary school turned into an almost complete rejection of Christianity by adulthood. After an early graduation with academic honors in 2023, John was on track for worldly success. But during his first year of college, God led him through a radical transformation. Suddenly, the pursuit of earthly riches lost its appeal. The timing was perfect.
Almost immediately after dedicating his life to Christ, God told John to drop out of college and enter the mission field. Exchanging everything he’d worked towards for a life of piety wasn’t exactly appealing, but when God speaks that clearly, there’s only one right choice.
In early 2024, John canceled all his spring classes and embraced the destiny he’d been running from. That summer, while waiting on responses from missionaries overseas, John attended Survivors pro-life bootcamp. In a spiritual experience at a protest that left him weeping in front of the Supreme Court, the Lord broke John’s heart for the pro-life cause. The last place John wanted to minister was in his own culture, but over those first two weeks in D.C. God finally gave him his mission: to save babies and save souls in America.
John has been working with the Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust ever since. To him, pro-life work is the adventure of a lifetime: his greatest challenge and biggest blessing. And until abortion is eradicated or the Lord reassigns him, John will be fighting for life on the lines.
“In conformity with the philosophy of Christ, let us make of our life a training for death.”
- St. Maximus the Confessor