Lead Teaching Pastor Search Update

Intoducing Pastor Jonathan Hansen

Click on the image above to check out Pastor Jonathan Hansen’s message from this past Sunday.

Introducing

Jonathan Hansen

Westside Family, we've completed our Lead Teaching Pastor search—thank you for your prayers and loving support! As we just announced, after months of a comprehensive national search, our LTP Search Team and Pastors have prayerfully and unanimously confirmed the call of Jonathan Hansen. Our church has also unanimously affirmed Jonathan’s call, and we welcome Jonathan and his wife Lindsey to Westside.

Our search is a culmination of many months of transition planning, networking, and a national search in partnership with Vanderbloemen encompassing over 180 candidates. After several rounds of evaluations, we arrived at a handful of highly qualified candidates. These were comprehensively vetted, and multiple rounds of interviews ensued. With continuous prayer, online interviews, and then multiple-day in-person interactions, our clear selectee emerged. Our prayerful confirmation was unanimous, and simultaneously, our candidate's family prayerfully sought and received their confirmation.

Please continue to pray for the Hansens as they prepare for a cross country move, sell their home, and find their new home in our community. Please make sure you welcome them as they arrive. All glory to Jesus as He leads us together into our exciting future!

Get to Know Jonathan

Jonathan was raised in the Atlanta region, growing up in the church where his dad served as an Episcopal Pastor. He loved sports and met his wife-to-be, Lindsey, in high school. Jonathan attended the University of Georgia (and remains a stalwart Bulldogs fan), where he studied business.

His faith was ignited at a Passion event, where he dedicated his life and work to Jesus. After graduating with a business degree, he worked several years at a marketing firm and pursued ministry service with Acts 29 Ministries and Bethel Mission Outreach, where he led mission teams to Haiti. God continued to draw him deeper into his ministry calling when he received a scholarship to attend Asbury Theological Seminary in Lexington, KY, where he earned his Master of Divinity degree.

While in seminary, he served full-time as the youth pastor at a local church. In 2014, he was recruited to join the Pastoral staff of Passion City Church in Atlanta, being launched under the leadership of Louie Giglio. Jonathan served as Passion’s Family Pastor and as a member of the weekend Teaching Team.

In 2017, pursuing his passion for teaching God's Word and raising devoted followers of Jesus, Jonathan received a call to Hills Church in El Dorado Hills, CA, where he has served as Lead Pastor, equipped and grew the church, and navigated the challenges of Covid. Our Westside family is excited to welcome Jonathan, his wife Lindsey, and their two kids, Lily-Hope and Sawyer, into our church family.

- Master of Divinity, Asbury Theological Seminary, 2014
- B.A. Business, University of Georgia, 2007
- Lead Pastor, Hills Church, El Dorado Hills, CA, 2017-Present
- Family & Kids Pastor, Passion City Church, Atlanta, GA 2014-2017
- Director of Student Ministries, Tates Creek Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY, 2011-2014
Married to Lindsey, 15 years
Two Kids, Lily-Hope (14), Sawyer (12), both love sports
Louie Giglio, Ray Johnson, Nicky Gumbel, N.T. Wright, Kenton Beshore, Shaun Morgan
www.jonathanhansen.org