Meet The Pastor
Administrative Pastor Jonathan Hanson
I have always wanted to be part of God's dream coming true here on earth as it is in heaven. Even as a young boy, I remember seeing how Jesus would change the world through unselfish people who loved Him. I believe that Jesus will change the world through His bride, the church.
I have always thought that the church is people, not a place we go to, and I also believe that Jesus will show up where people gather together, whether on Sunday or any day of the week.
I could not see myself bringing the presence of God or leading people to become His church, but I did see myself supporting the church through financial support and serving where needed. I grew up doing both of those very well. I was on a worship team from the age of 12. I was on prophetic teams prophesying over people and involved in our youth group. At 17, I wanted to be a kingdom entrepreneur. Everything I tried in business to pursue did not produce the fruit we aimed for.
At age 30, Danie and I were asked to take over the church. I was still at the place where I did not want to lead people to become His church, but I felt that pull in my heart.
I knew God was asking us to do something we did not believe we could do. We know the church needs to change but to believe that God would change His stuck church through us felt impossible.
​Several years after being pastors, we had a rude awakening that we were not making the impact we thought we would. We lost so many friends and people who we thought were committed to becoming like Christ with us no matter what. All my fears came flooding back, and all I could think of was that my best efforts just made the church (His people) worse. These were all the reasons I did not want to do this in the first place.
God took me on a journey of hearing who He is in my life and who I am. Before that, I was hoping He would prove who I am to others by healing them and helping them come alive through me. I now know that I needed some lies to be exposed and then replaced with Truth that only Jesus can do. Ever since that time, my mission has changed from wanting Jesus to show off through my life, to becoming whole and becoming close to Jesus. My heart and relationship with Jesus are changing in ways I did not expect. I am becoming who He says I am, and He is who He says He is in my life. This newfound experience with Jesus is having a profound impact on the people around us.