Jerusalem Baptist Church Leadership
ELDERS
DEACONS

Rob Tozier
Sam Yu

Joe Mellender

Karl Woods
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
- PhD (currently) from Columbia International University (Columbia Biblical Seminary), researching 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.
Jonathan Moon, Director of Worship & Young Adults
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 is pursing a Doctorate in Occupational Therapy at Virginia Commonwealth University. This fall he worked in Fairfax County Public Schools evaluating and providing occupational therapy services to students. He has been on mission trips to Paraguay and Thailand where he taught VBS and lead songs
and worship.
He sees his position at JBC as a way to serve others and use his talents because he understand the intricacies of a multi-fellowship church.
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.
JC Moon, Pastor New Horizon Community

Isaac Park, Associate Pastor New Horizon Community
Pastor Isaac Park migrated from South Korea to the United States in 2003.
He earned his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering at Hanyang University in Korea and his Masters and Doctoral degrees at Nihon University in Japan. Isaac also earned Master’s of Divinity at Midwest University in Wentzville, Missourri.
He was ordained in 2018. Currently, he is serving as an assistant pastor of New Horizon Community at Jerusalem Baptist Church.
Isaac is married to grace and has a daughter, Rona.
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 a granddaughter (Isabella).
Pastor Cristhian Serrano, Associate Pastor Ambiente de Gracia
Pastor Cristhian Serrano was born and raised in Honduras and migrated to the United States in 2010. He earned his Bachelor of Health Management Administration at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and graduated from the Bible Training Centre For Pastors (BTCP) in 2017. Currently, he works as an administrator for International Christian Concern (ICC) in DC and, have expressed a called to be an evangelist / missionary to the world most needy people, the lost! Luke 19:10. Pastor Cristhian is married to Sari Rodas and are both currently serving as evangelism team leaders and Sunday School teachers to Ambiente de Gracia Hispanic fellowship here at Jerusalem Baptist Church.
Amy Andrews, Director of Children’s Ministry

Mandi Stem, Office Administrator and Director of Communications
Mandi has worked in communication positions for 20+ years. She has experience as a proof reader, production editor, graphic designer, web designer, and communications consultant for several technical nonprofit organizations. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Bachelor in Science in Psychology from Virginia Teach. (Go Hokies!) She has also taken graduate-level courses in editing, graphic design, and web site administration. She is married with two sons, David and Mitch.