Jerusalem Baptist Church Leadership
ELDERS
DEACONS
STAFF
Jonathan Parker, Senior Pastor
Jonathan is married to Kathryn, and they have five children (Kayleigh, Abigail, Kara, Nathan, and Zoe). He has 17+ years of vocational ministry, including positions in student ministry, adult discipleship, and worship leadership. In addition to mission efforts within the United States, Pastor Jonathan has extensive international mission experience. He lived in Bogotá, Colombia, as a missionary kid and has been involved in mission efforts to Scotland, Panama, Honduras, Ukraine, Paraguay, and Peru.
Pastor Jonathan’s education includes
- Bachelor’s degree in Interpersonal Communications from George Mason University
- Master of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Master of Theology from Liberty University
- Master of Theology from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Doctor of Philosophy from Columbia International University (Columbia Biblical Seminary). His dissertation focused on imaginative apologetics in the writing of C.S. Lewis
His desire and calling is to cultivate and develop all believers into biblical, culturally sensitive, and engaged Christians in all areas of life.
JC Moon, Pastor of Congregational Care and Korean Ministry

Haeng Joon (HJ) Lee, Pastor of Korean Ministry
With more than 35 years ministering to Korean and American churches in the US, Pastor HJ serves as Pastor of Korean Ministry alongside Pastor JC. He earned a Master of Divinity and a Master of Church Music from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC. In addition, he earned a Doctor of Ministry from Southern Baptist Seminary. He is married to his beautiful wife Jinhee, and they have three children, Sharon, Melody, and Justin.
Associate Pastor Cristhian Serrano, Students & Administration, JBC & Ambiente de Gracia
Pastor Cristhian Serrano was born and raised in Honduras and moved to the United States in 2010. He graduated from the Bible Training Centre For Pastors (BTCP) in 2017 and earned his Bachelor of Health Administration at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA in 2018. He worked as an administrator and as a donor relations associate for International Christian Concern (ICC) in DC before coming full time to Jerusalem Baptist church (JBC). He is married to Sari Rodas, and both serve the Lord in Ambiente de Gracia, the Hispanic fellowship here at Jerusalem Baptist Church (JBC). They are also blessed to serve with the college and the youth ministry at JBC. Cristhian and Sari have a calling to serve in God’s Kingdom as missionaries wherever the Lord leads. He is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity from Liberty University.
Jonathan Moon, Director of Worship & OIKOS Groups
Jonathan Moon has worked on various worship teams and has led worship for multi-ethnic, multi-generational congregations. He believes the goal of worship is to guide the congregation to a deeper understanding of who God is and to teach theology through song. Jonathan graduated with a BS in psychology from Virginia Tech and earned a Doctorate degree in Occupational Therapy at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Tony Ghareeb, Pastor of Evangelism & Outreach / New Life Arabic Ministry
Tony Ghareeb is of native of the Middle East. He was saved at 13 years old and soon after sensed God’s calling for the ministry. About 30 years ago, he immigrated to the United States and married to Souzan Gahreeb, and the Lord blessed them with four children. Tony has a bachelor degree in theology and a master degree in ministry from Virginia Baptist College. The Lord used him to start the Arabic Bible Baptist Church in 2000. In 2009, he passed the pastorship onto another. Currently, he pastors the New Life Arabic Ministry where we have a weekly Bible study and worship service in Arabic every Sunday morning. Tony’s passion is to evangelize the lost, disciple new believers, and plant churches. In addition, he leads an active outreach ministry to Arab and international groups in our area and beyond.
Pastor Julio Ruiz, Pastor Ambiente de Gracia

For about 18 years, Pastor Julio has published his sermons and articles on different websites, newspapers, and social media. He is married to Carmen Almera Ruiz and has three daughters (Laura, Oly, and Sara) and four grandchildren.
Amy Andrews, Director of Children’s Ministry

Monique Burgos, Mothers’ Day Out Preschool Director
