Leadership

Pastor Jonathan was born in Charleston, WV, and accepted Christ as his Savior at the age of six. At just 13 years old, he clearly sensed God’s call into ministry. He attended Nitro High School, where he met his wife, McKenzie. After graduation, he went on to study at Appalachian Bible College, where he excelled on the basketball court and earned a double major in Bible/Theology and Pastoral Studies. He is currently completing his Master of Divinity at Liberty University and is on track to graduate in December 2025.
Pastor Jonathan first joined MVBC in September 2022 as a youth ministry intern while finishing his undergraduate degree. After three years of faithfully serving as youth pastor, he now steps into the role of Senior Pastor, answering God’s call to shepherd the church in a new way.
Jonathan and McKenzie are blessed with a son, Jonathan David “JJ” Brooks Jr. They share a deep love for MVBC and are excited to see what all the Lord has in store for this church family.

Adam Cavender is an experienced worship leader and song writer of 17 years who loves to share the good news. He and his wife Stephanie have partnered together to form a worship family at Mount Vernon Baptist Church.

 “I am blessed to have the opportunity to be a part of this movement, God has his own timing and I truly believe he has set things in motion so I could be right here, right now, in this place, working in this work” says Adam. “To be in the presence of God and to usher others into that experience is the call of my life, and I am thankful for it.” 

Dana Johnson is the Children's Ministry Director serving children from Nursery through 5th grade. Dana and her husband moved to West Virginia from Texas in 2022, and feel blessed to have found home and family here at Mount Vernon! Dana's background is in child care and elementary education, and now she applies these skills in fulfilling her calling to teach our kids about the Lord. She is joined by a wonderful team of church members who volunteer to lead children of the community during Sunday and Wednesday children's ministry opportunities!

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Jeff and Tonya Losh are happily married & live in Scott Depot, along with their Australian Shepherds, Finn, Cruz & Raya and 2 horses, Rocky & Lexi. They have 3 grown daughters, Jordan, Tori (husband Nick), & Sera as well as a son, Jacob. Jeff has been a WV State Trooper for 29 years and additionally works with the FBI’s Terrorism Task Force. Tonya works for Enterprise Rent A Car as the Property Development & Facility Manager, for the last 21 years. Jeff serves at Mount Vernon as the NexGen Minister; he and Tonya are passionate & felt a definite calling by God to pour into this age group. “People want a genuine person, that’s the same here as they are there or anywhere…we just try to tell others about Jesus and if we have to, use words. It’s about a relationship with Christ, not just a set of rules. Tonya and I try to love on these adults, take them as they are and show them Christ. The Point is somewhere they can belong & we have a lot of fun doing it!” says Jeff. Jeff & Tonya have been successful with leading the Young Adults (ages 18-30s) going on 5 years!

She and her husband, Gene, moved from WV to NC in 1993 where she worked for two Baptist churches for 12 1/2 years. They returned to WV in 2005 to be close to family and their two grandsons. In 2006 she started working for the WV Convention of Southern Baptist as secretary to the Missions and Evangelism Directors and retired from that position in July 2009 to spend more time with her grandsons. She has been faithfully working as the secretary at Mt. Vernon since October, 2010 to present. She looks forward to continuing God’s work in her life here.