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Jonathan Lenker

Lead Pastor

Hey I’m Jonathan! I’m married to my beautiful wife April and we have four incredible (most of the time) children, Keller, Jeronimo, Emerson, and Avery. Our house is loud and often dirty, but it’s full of life and we love it. I met April serving with students at the Summit Church in Raleigh Durham, North Carolina and we’ve been married since 2011. I consider the Summit Church my home church, and they sent us out in the spring of 2022 to plant Harbor City Church in Charleston, SC. When I’m not serving at church, I love lifting weights, reading books, driving around our neighborhood with the kids looking for alligators, or trying to get out on the water to do some fishing.

Leadership

Pastors

  • Jonathan Lenker

    Lead Pastor & Elder

    Hey I’m Jonathan! I’m married to my beautiful wife April and we have four incredible (most of the time) children, Keller, Jeronimo, Emerson, and Avery. Our house is loud and often dirty, but it’s full of life and we love it. I met April serving with students at the Summit Church in Raleigh Durham, North…

  • Philip Black

    Executive Pastor & Elder

    Philip was born in Kentucky (Go Big Blue!), but raised in High Point, NC. Growing up as a Pastor’s kid, Philip developed a love for the church and started feeling a burden to church plant as early as High School. Among other ministry experiences, Philip has worked in Hospitality and on the Executive Team at…

  • Tyler English

    Discipleship Pastor & Elder

    Tyler is our Discipleship Pastor.

  • Will Taylor

    Lay Elder

    Will and his wife, Kate, were drawn to Harbor City because they felt called to be part of a gospel renewal movement. Will serves as a lay elder and Kate serves the city and communities across the low-country as a physician. Will loves to run, cook barbecue, and go fishing with his daughter off Folly…

  • Peter Lopiano

    Lay Elder

  • Ricky Leuking

    Lay Elder

Directors

  • Emily Black

    Connections Director

    Emily grew up in Cary, NC just outside of Raleigh. After pursuing her lifelong dream of becoming an interior designer, she came to Christ and felt an overwhelming call to redirect her gifts towards vocational ministry. Around the same time that God was laying ministry on Emily’s heart, she met her husband Philip who just…

  • Kathy Cox

    Carolina Bay Daycare Director

    Kathy Cox is the Carolina Bay Daycare Director.

Residents

  • Jordan Avery

    Worship & Young Adults

  • Kobe Sonbert

    Students

    Kobe was born and raised in a small town west of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. During his time at NC State, Kobe learned how to have a personal relationship with Jesus and proclaim the Gospel boldly in every area of life. Thus, his heart grew a deep desire to pour into college students once he graduated.…

Apprentices

  • Issac Palmer

    College

  • Betty Chen

    Connections

  • Tyler Kendrick

    Discipleship