Bap­tised and con­firmed as an Anglic­an in Towns­ville and Too­woomba respect­ively, John was a former mem­ber of the Unit­ing Church in Rock­hamp­ton, a former eld­er of Swan Road Unit­ing Church in Bris­bane and a stu­dent of the Lay min­istry train­ing of Trin­ity Col­lege in St Lucia.  John briefly joined the North Shore Anglic­an church in…