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John Anthony Underwood (born November 18, 1968) is the CEO of a Ministry in Jackson, Mississippi, Called Healing Touch Ministries. He was born in Waynesboro, Mississippi. He lived most his childhood in Quitman, Mississippi. At 12 years old he began to experiment with alcohol, and by the time he was 17 he had 3 DUIs. He met his future wife Michele in July of 1988, and in November of later that year they got married.In October of 1989 he became a Disciple of Christ.In November of 1990 there first child Brigette was born. In 1996 he surrendered to the ministry.In July of 1997 there second child Bret was born. Between 1988 and 2004 He and his family lived in Laurel, Mississippi, and he worked as a youth minister between 1996 and 2004. In 2004 He and his Family moved to Pearl, Mississippi, where he served as pastor at Rock the Planet church. From 2006 to 2008 he worked at UPS, Cafe Southern Star, and did Pest Control. In November 2006 he started working towards starting a Ministry to help those addicted to Drugs and Alcohol and there families, but couldn't start it full time until 2009. In October of 2009 to present he was able to open a facility in Jacson, Mississippi where they offer celebrate recovery that has a thrift store. He is pursuing opening a facility for long term addiction recovery care. The website is www.healingtouchms.org.