About Jonathan

Jonathan Hayashi is the founding and lead pastor of Sola Church, where he leads the vision and preaching. Jonathan was called to start a church in the northland of KC. He is passionate about reaching the lost with the Gospel, to see a worldwide impact made for Jesus.

Dr. Hayashi graduated from Moody Bible Institute, Moody Theological Seminary and attended the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. He holds a Bachelor in Pastoral Ministry, a Masters in Congregational Leadership and finally a Doctorate in Biblical Counseling.

He is on the Board of Trustee for the Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary with the Southern Baptist Convention and on the Board of Directors for Pastor’s Hope Network. He is also an endorsed church planter of the Pillar Network.

Jonathan is a contributor for the bi-weekly journal, Pathway (Missouri Baptist Convention), and is the author of Ordinary Radicals: A Return to Christ-Centered Discipleship, as well as Making Lemonade: Turning Past Failures into Gospel Opportunities. He is a Level II-certified biblical counselor with the ACBC.

He is married to Kennedi, and they have four children, Kaede, Seiji, Anna, and Ren.