John Ballinger ya sanar da murabus dinsa a matsayin ministan zartarwa na gunduma na Cocin Brothers Northern Ohio, daga ranar 13 ga Fabrairu, 2016. Ya yi hidimar gundumar kusan shekaru 13, tun daga ranar 1 ga Fabrairu, 2003.
Ballinger an ba shi lasisi zuwa hidima a ranar 18 ga Maris, 1989, kuma aka naɗa shi a ranar 11 ga Maris, 1995, a Cocin Akron (Ohio) Eastwood Church of the Brothers. Ya kammala karatun digiri na Jami'ar Arewacin Ohio kuma yana da digiri na biyu na fasaha daga Ashland Theological Seminary. Ya shiga cikin ƙwarewar haɓaka ƙwararru a Makarantar Tauhidi ta Ashland, Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany, da Cibiyar Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki ta Moody.
Ya yi aiki a matsayin fasto a Ohio, masanin harhada magunguna ne mai rijista tare da Jihar Ohio, ya yi aiki a matsayin babban tsangayar koyar da ilimin tauhidi na Ashland, kuma ya halarci babban horo kan jagoranci da gudanarwa a cikin tsarin addini da na coci. Yana tsammanin ja-gorancin Allah da lokacinsa a cikin sake shiga hidimar makiyaya.