Bio

Jonas has been involved in the music industry now for almost 10 years. He fronted the band Farewell June for most of that time as the lead singer and song writer for the band. He has performed in front of hundreds of thousands of people. He has toured with and shared the stage with artist like: Audio Adrenaline, The Newsboys, PETRA, Bethany Dillon, FFH, Mute Math, Casting Crowns, Jars of Clay, Michael W. Smith, Mercy Me, and more! His ministry started in the middle of a local square found in Missouri, playing music for anyone who would listen. The idea that he would become a professional musician playing for thousands of people never crossed his mind. It was for that moment, and for those people, and for selfish reasons.

“Playing music made people happy, making people happy made them like me, I liked it when people liked me.” -Jonas

After a number of times performing there in the square for desperate people ie. drug dealers, prostitutes, and homeless men, women, and children, Jonas found a certain calling. People started to ask direct questions about faith and God that Jonas hadn’t instigated.

“One night before heading to the square I prayed to God, that if He had me there for a reason to make it clear to me….He did.” -Jonas

He started getting questions about who God was, and whether or not he believed that the Bible was true. He thought, foolishly, that he had all the answers being a Bible student at Evangel University at the time. He found out quickly that these people were not interested in the “book” answers, but wanted experience and TRUTH, no matter where that came from. His entire ministry was birthed out of these times and more specifically out of the following moment:

“I was hanging out at the square late one night and into the morning when I met a guy who was homeless. He sat on a bench across from me most of the night just listening to me sing songs like American Pie and Fire and Rain. After the crowd left he started to talk with me and told me that he was a transient just passing through town. We got into a discussion about God and who He was and is. He told me fantastic stories about who God was to him. He had beliefs that were far outside my foundational belief system. Never for a moment did we argue or speak ill will towards one idea or another. To this day I’ve not had a conversation like it. What I remember most about that entire night was how it ended. As I was preparing to leave he told me that in his 40 years of life, I was the FIRST person to listen to him without talking down to him or his beliefs. I was the first person to simply listen and soak in what he said. Honestly I was taken back by that. I knew, more or less, from that moment that God had put a unique calling on my life. I had no idea that it entailed music at this level but knew that it was something interesting. I base my entire ministry on one very simple concept. The way I write, the way I speak, the way I live is found in LISTENING. Let me say, I am truly one of the worst listeners on the planet! This was a truly hard lesson to learn and develop. But once God got a hold of my heart, he began to speak through my lyrics, not only to fans but to ME! I was hearing God’s voice talking back to me through my own lyrics. Very strange but amazing. I’m not one to hide the Truth. I write like I feel, or what I hear. God speaks through it not because of me but despite me. I’ll forever be grateful for His grace. I count it a great privilege do what I do. Rest assured I’ll not take it for granted.” -Jonas

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