Pastor P V John hails from a high-caste Hindu family in Maramon. Though from his tender age he heard of Christ he received Christ while he was working in the municipal court. Ten years later, he joined the Indian Pentecostal Church and became one of its ministers. He was called to his eternal home on 4th October 1946. The late Pastors P J Thomas and P J Daniel were his sons, and the late Mrs. Leelamma Abraham; wife of the late Pastor Oommen Abraham was the only daughter of Pastor P V John.