senior pastor
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After eight years on staff as the Youth Director (2012-2014) and the Associate Pastor (2014-2020) Jay is now the Senior Pastor at New Covenant. Jay is a life-long resident of the Oklahoma City metro area, growing up in Oklahoma City, and moving to Edmond for his undergraduate studies at the University of Central Oklahoma. After spending a majority of his time in ministry serving in different student ministry capacities God expanded the call on his life to ordination as a pastor. In 2014, Jay became New Covenant’s Associate Pastor and started at Asbury Theological Seminary, graduating with a Masters of Divinity in December of 2017. Jay was appointed in June of 2020 to lead New Covenant as Senior Pastor.
Jay is blessed with an incredible family. His wife Natalie, son Andrew, and two doodles Henri and Olive make everyday a joyous adventure. Jay lives his life with a lot of (often a little too loud) passion. He loves the honor of being a pastor and leading because he believes that the Good News of Jesus Christ is relevant and deeply needed and because he believes that when the church catches fire with the power and presence of the Holy Spirit, heaven begins to break through here on earth. He is a lover of Jesus and is striving every day to follow Jesus more fully.
Pastor Jay’s passion is also directed toward a few less “holy” avenues. He is a crazy fan of the OKC Thunder and any OU sports team. He loves all types of music, enjoys a good book (especially history), and maybe loves food a little too much.
Jay is beyond excited for what is in store for this next season of ministry here at New Covenant and he hopes that New Covenant digs deeper into our call to be rooted in Christ, to be a people in community, FOR the community, and a people of love for God and neighbor.