He grew up in Little Rock and Conway.  After he graduated from high school, Jason began working at Kanakuk Kamps in Branson, Missouri. He attended Mississippi College where he played four years of college baseball and graduated with a degree in Communications. During his first year of college, Jason began a two-year commitment as a volunteer for K-Life ministries, an extension of Kanakuk. He then served as an intern at Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, TN and later joined the staff at First Baptist Church in Jackson, MS.

Jason is an avid football fan and loves the outdoors — especially duck and deer hunting.  He married his high school sweetheart Courtney in 2003.  Their first daughter Carson Ashley was born on August 22, 2005 and their second daughter Cameron Grace was born on July 10, 2006.