Jon was born and raised in Oklahoma City, OK, as the third of seven children in a committed Christian family. God used his parents, siblings, youth group, and friends in middle school to bring Jon to saving faith in Christ, as well as to teach him what repentance from sin and trust in Christ really looked like. Jon completed his undergraduate (English literature) and Master’s (English Education) degrees at the University of Oklahoma, where he met and married Laura at a local church in Norman, OK. They moved to the D.C. area in 2012, and Jon works in the ESL field with international students at the University of Maryland, where he is also a Ph.D. candidate in Second Language Acquisition. They have been members of CBC since it was planted in 2018, and it has been a great joy to serve with and labor alongside the members in the work of the ministry. Jon enjoys reading books (mostly written long ago), playing sports with his four sons, and conversations about ideas in education, history, and linguistics.

Born and raised in San Pedro, CA to believing parents, God saved Luke at a young age. It was at UCLA that Luke met his wife Erin before doing missions work in Japan and receiving his M.A. in Security Studies from Georgetown University. Luke and Erin are blessed with four children and have called Cheverly home since 2010. Luke works in government relations for a tech company. In his downtime, he enjoys spending time with his family and playing almost any sport.

Ryan was born in Louisiana, then moved to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, which he calls his hometown. God saved Ryan as a teenager through an evangelistic youth ministry of First Baptist Church where he was patiently discipled through the faithful service of men in the church, youth choir, and multiple ministry opportunities. Ryan graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University in 2002, where he met his wife, Angela. After college, Ryan and Angela spent a few years in East Asia before Ryan went to law school at Seattle University School of Law. Ryan and Angela started their family in Seattle and have three children. Since graduating from law school, the Paynes have had the privilege of living in England and North Dakota before settling in Maryland. Ryan is grateful to serve as an elder at CBC. He also enjoys football, coffee, and hikes with his family.