The Rev. Dr.
Jonathan Chapman

Pastor & Teacher, He/Him

The Rev. Dr. Jonathan Chapman graduated from Candler School of Theology, Emory University, in May 2019 with his Doctor of Ministry in Biblical Witness and Proclamation. His capstone work, The Year of Mark, received the People’s Choice Award among his cohort. While at Candler for his Master of Divinity (May 2010), he was active with the Office of Worship and was awarded the Hoyt Hickman Award for Outstanding Liturgical Scholarship. Jonathan is a 2007 Congregational Fellow and 2006 Undergraduate Fellow with The Fund for Theological Education. He graduated from Elon University in 2007 with a degree in Religious Studies. At Elon, he was selected as a Leadership Fellow and was awarded the W. L. Monroe Christian Education and Personality Award in 2007. While at Elon he joined Elon Community Church, United Church of Christ, the congregation in which he was ordained.

Jonathan joined Westfield in October 2012 and was officially installed as Pastor and Teacher in May 2013, presiding over its revitalization.

He was selected to participate in the Next Generation Leadership Initiative, a program sponsored by the Pension Boards of the United Church of Christ that works with young clergy committed to parish ministry through a decade-long relationship.  Dr. Chapman consults with congregations on a variety of topics ranging from revitalization to worship to marketing their churches. Learn more about that work at revjonchapman.com. He married his husband, Greg (pastor of Enfield Congregational Church, United Church of Christ in Enfield, CT), in December of 2014 at Westfield.

He serves on the board of the Westfield Cemetery Association & the Westcott-Wilcox Home, and is a member of the Windham Association Council.

AWARDS AND HONORS SINCE JOINING WESTFIELD:

• 2013 Elon University Alumni Award Recipient (Service to Church and Society)
• The Danielson Lion’s Club Humanitarian Award, 2017
• Killingly Springfest Humanitarian Award, 2017
• Elon LGBTQIA Community Enrichment Award, 2018
• George Racine Sr Humanitarian Award, Northeast Connecticut Chamber of Commerce, 2019
• DMin People’s Choice Award, Emory University, 2019
• Elks Distinguished Citizenship Award, 2019-2020