Our Leadership

Keith’s was raised in a Christian home in the Carolinas, but was not converted to Christ until his freshman year of college.  After living recklessly throughout High School, God called Keith to himself, and created in him a desire to know Him more and proclaim the gospel to others.  In 1997, he transferred to Liberty University (because of a basketball game–you will have to ask him) where he did not expect to stay long because he only had a few questions about the Bible at the time. He left Liberty asking more and better questions (the evidence of a good education) and a growing desire to study God’s Word so he went to Southern Seminary where he earned an MDiv (2004) and PhD (2010) in Systematic Theology.  His goal while at Southern was to become a professor of theology.

While at Liberty he met Lisa and they were married in the summer of 2002.  They met Keith’s senior year of undergrad so he had to stay another year at Liberty to convince her to marry him.  Soon after the wedding Lisa got mono and it caused a post viral complication called POTS.  Keith was overwhelmed by how Lisa’ health would change his plans at first, but now it is obvious how God was using it to mold and shape him to be a pastor. They were blessed with a daughter in April of 2009.

He was called to be an elder at Third Avenue Baptist Church Louisville, KY in 2006.  This was a great blessing because the church longed to follow Christ, he worked with godly elders, his gifts were sharpened, and God grew his desire to serve the church.  In 2009, he served as pulpit supply at JPBC in February after which he and his wife walked away impressed with the love and unity of the church.  A series of events made it crystal clear that God had called Keith to be the under-shepherd of JPBC.  He preached his first sermon on Reformation Day 2010.

His goals for the future are to love his wife and family, to serve the body faithfully, and become an agrarian-poet.

Keith can be reached personally through his email: keith@jpbc.org.

Ron came to know Christ as Savior and Lord as a toddler.  It was His pleasure to save him very early in life and spare him from a life of rebellion.  God saved Ron by grace through faith and that faith was His gift to him (Eph 2:8).

Through his mother’s prayers and early Bible reading, he came to have a deeper appreciation of the full scope of salvation.  2 Cor. 5:21 reads: “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”

Not only did Jesus take away his sins, but He clothed him with His perfect righteousness.  And the purpose of Ron’s justification is that he would become righteous in his daily living and glorify Him.  Although he fails many times, his goal is to be conformed to the image of Jesus.

Soon after finishing grad school, Ron began attending Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia.  He grew greatly under the verse by verse expository preaching of Dr. James Montgomery Boice.  His biblical teaching on the doctrines of grace and reformed theology forever changed and shaped his worldview.

Ron met his wife Carol at Tenth.  They have four grown children, Brad, Bethany, Blake and Ben.  Ron is a retired engineer and sales manager.

Ben was born and raised here in Charlottesville, VA and is the oldest of 7 children.  His mother taught him the gospel at an early age, but he was not truly converted at that time.  During his middle and high school years, he began to face serious doubts about the existence of God and the veracity of scripture, but thankfully, through his mother’s leading, he became involved in a Christian ministry called Young Life and was eventually converted just after graduating high school.

Since then, Ben has remained in Charlottesville, having attended the University of Virginia and currently working for Elder Research, Inc., a data mining and predictive analytics consultancy.  As a college student, he began attending and was baptized at Jefferson Park, while also having the privilege of serving as a Young Life leader.  He presently serves Jefferson Park as a deacon.

Sean was born in Winchester, VA but was raised in Potsdam, NY, about 20 miles from the Canadian border. His hippie parents were divorced when he was 6 years old, and for a short time, his mother and little brother lived on what many would call a Christian commune. While being raised by a single mother, Sean learned that God is a father to the fatherless and a husband to the widow. He learned by poignant example, in the midst of suffering, that following Jesus is the only way to live a joyful life.

Sean professed faith in Christ and was baptized into the membership of a small non-denominational church called Koinonia, as a child. After the Lord provided salvation, He granted Sean a new earthly father. This man explained that he would love, encourage, and discipline Sean and his little brother, as he would his natural children.

At just the perfect time, during college, when some serious doubts were beginning to take root, a staff member with Athletes in Action (a subsidiary of Campus Crusade for Christ) reached out and mentored Sean. Additionally, Sean received “on-the-job” discipleship from a technician at a laboratory in which he worked. These experiences have shaped his views about discipleship and challenged him to never forget Christ’s claim on his life and drift into a life of worldly Christian nominalism.The college years also engendered in him a lifelong love of learning, which led him to his present faculty position in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Virginia.

Sean and his wife, Jennifer, were married in the summer of 1994 and the Lord has blessed them with 6 wonderful children. Sean currently serves Jefferson Park as a deacon.

John grew up in the Charlottesville area and attended the University of Mary Washington, where he met his wife, Christina. After moving to Boston in 1997, John heard the gospel of Jesus Christ preached faithfully for the first time. God begin softening his heart, using his wife’s witness and conversion as well as several mature brothers to encourage and challenge him in his lifestyle. In the midst of two very difficult trials in 2003, extended unemployment and a flood, God gloriously regenerated his heart and he confessed Christ as Lord and Savior.

John and Christina have been blessed with five children, one through adoption. They returned to Charlottesville in 2004 and have been members of JPBC since 2008. The family enjoys playing tennis and hiking together. John works at CFA Institute, the global membership association for investment professionals. John currently serves Jefferson Park as a deacon.

Asher was raised in a Christian family where he was taught biblical truths in the home and when around his friends. He became a Christian at a young age while attending a “Good News Club” in Guthrie, Oklahoma. After growing up in the northern Oklahoma City area, he went to college at Oklahoma State University. While pursuing a career in business (allowing him to live in Washington, D.C., Bartlesville, OK, & Anchorage, AK), he decided to follow a call to church ministry as a lifetime endeavor. After finishing college, he moved to Louisville, Kentucky, to begin seminary at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Asher recently moved and joined the church in December of 2010 to become the church’s Pastoral Administrator. Before coming to Charlottesville, he was a member of Third Avenue Baptist Church, in Louisville, where Pastor Keith was an Elder.

Asher can best be reached by email at asher@jpbc.org.