Divine Intervention: Episode # 95: Evangelist and Healing Minister, John Mellor

On this episode of Divine Intervention we welcome John Mellor. Australian healing evangelist, John Mellor grew up in Brisbane, Queensland. As a young man, his life was a mess until one day he surrendered his life to Jesus and became a Christian, beginning a journey that radically turned his life around.

Despite this, John struggled to believe in the healing nature of Jesus Christ. Many years later, amongst various challenges, John and his family left their home in Queensland to go to the Northern Territory of Australia, where he worked as a missionary pastor with the tribal Aboriginal people.

As the Aboriginal people were so used to the power of their own witch doctors, John soon realised that without true ‘power’, the Good News of Jesus was nothing more than a nice story to them. From a burning desire to see things change, John prayed and fasted for 10 days a month for 5 months and cried out to God to reveal himself in power to these people.

It wasn’t long before God began to do miracles and people were healed. The local people, including witch doctors (and even John himself!), were astounded by the miracles that God did amongst them.

Sometime later, John travelled from the remote, rugged areas of northern Australia to Mexico and then to Wishaw, a small town in Scotland. In Wishaw, a flood of miracles began and what was to be a one-week visit ended up lasting for 8 incredible months. The miracles caught the attention of the national media, and soon thousands of people came from everywhere to receive a miracle. The ministry as it is today was birthed out of what the Lord did at that time, and John now ministers extensively all over the world. All of this - and much more - is included in John’s first book, Miracles from the Dust. John lives in Queensland with his wife, Julie.