Jonathan is English, but has been in the United States since 2002, when he moved here to be the Senior Youth Pastor at Holy Cross. During this time Jonathan met & married Melissa, also a youth pastor, and they worshiped at Holy Cross Daniel Island for the first two years of its existence. In 2008, Jonathan went to work in Youth Ministry at Camp St. Christopher. While there, he discerned a call to ordained ministry. After graduating from Trinity Seminary, Jonathan was the Associate Rector at the Cathedral Church of St Luke and St Paul, Charleston, before being called to be Associate Rector & Daniel Island Campus Pastor at The Church of the Holy Cross in the spring of 2015.

Jonathan and Melissa have three children: Hannah, Caleb, and Lizzie. As a family, they like walking, riding bikes, playing games, watching movies and playing soccer.