
Pastor Patterson realized the call of God on his life while completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. He began his pastoral career in his home church of Goodwill Baptist Church, located in Eastover, SC. It was there that he became licensed and ordained. He was an Associate Minister with them for more than a decade.
Jonathan is a warehouse employee and a lacrosse coach for a local high school. He and his college sweetheart, Lee, have been together for more than 18 years. They have one daughter by birth and are in their sixth year of being foster parents. They call the Southeast of Columbia home.