John Plummer and his wife, Joanne, live in Oakton, Virginia where John is the pastor of Oakton United Methodist Church. He is a graduate of Troy State University with a degree in Business Management, and attended graduate school at Troy State and the University of Denver. John graduated from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC with a Master of Divinity degree in 1995 and received his Doctor of Ministry degree in 2003 from Trinity Theological Seminary in Newburgh, IN.

A Vietnam veteran, John served two tours in combat assignments and Corps level staff positions. After returning from Vietnam in 1972, John served for ten years as a helicopter instructor pilot at the U.S. Army Aviation Center, Ft. Rucker, AL as both a military and civilian instructor. He served over nine years on active duty in the U.S. Army and retired from the Army Reserve in 1988.

Upon his retirement from flying in 1982, and after being in private business for several years, John re-entered government service in the defense contracting sector and was eventually transferred to Northern Virginia. It was while working in the Washington. DC area for a large defense firm that John asked Christ into his life, and in 1991 answered God's call to ordained ministry.

John served Bethel Church in Warrenton, VA from 1991-1995 and Bethany Church, Purcellville from 1995 to 1999. He is active in various outreach ministries through Emmaus, Kairos Prison Ministry, and Chrysalis. He is also active in ministry to Vietnam veterans and is a member of the National Conference of Vietnam Veteran Ministers. He has served as the national chaplain of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association and the Vietnam Helicopter Flight Crew Network, and was the local chaplain for the Northern Virginia Chapter of the 11th Armored Cavalry Veterans of Vietnam and Cambodia.

Joanne and John have been married over twenty-three years and have five grown children, five grandchildren, and one great-grandson.