Reverend John J. Wilson (aka Jack) was born November 19, 1952 in Brooklyn, New York. He was saved and baptized at the age of 17 and was ordained independent in July of 1991.

He graduated from Liberty University in 1997 with a BS in religion and married Maria Lulu Escobia (aka Malou) 2 years later on August 10, 1999. Malou had attended Primary Ramon Magasaysay (Cubao) High School and in 1997 graduated from Secondary Philippine School of Business Administration with a BS in Commerce and a BA in Marketing.

Due to delays in getting Malou's Visa to enter the US, Rev. Jack flew to Malate, Manila where they were married at the Ellinwood Malate Church by Rev. Emanuel G Orendain.

Rev. "Jack" became a Baptist Minister in the year 2000, and Malou joined him on July 14, 2000, as a legal US citizen. Malou is multilingual, fluent in the languages of English, Tagalog, and Bisayan.

Malou is currently home-schooling their daughter Laura and taking care of their newborn baby Linda Rose. and Rev. Jack was working on obtaining his MA in Religion but has postponed it until he gets settled in the Philippines.

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