STAFF

My name is Jason DeRouchie, and I delight in serving as one of the pastors of Sovereign Joy Baptist Church. I focus principally on preaching and teaching, and I also supply leadership and strategy for fulfilling our mission to glorify God by multiplying mature Christians who spread joy in Jesus Christ. I met Jesus when I was only five, and for nearly five decades I have been growing to know him and to make him known. My wife (Teresa) and I have been married for over three decades, and we are parents and grandparents of a table full. We love Christ’s church, Christ’s gospel, and Christ’s work in the world, and we delight in the people that make up SJBC. I also serve as a professor of Old Testament and biblical theology at Midwestern Seminary. Resources that may serve you can be found at jasonderouchie.com, Hands to the Plow Ministries, and the GearTalk Biblical Theology podcast.

I was born and raised in southwest Ohio surrounded by vast cornfields. I met my wife, Lynne, while in college, and we were married shortly after I graduated. We have the joy of being parents to Nora Evangeline. I attended Cedarville University before earning my M.Div from Indianapolis Theological Seminary, and am currently working towards my PhD at Midwestern Seminary. Since I became a Christian, my heart’s desire has been to serve as a pastor and to train pastors around the globe.