Hello, I’m
Storyteller, creative strategist, and nonprofit leader helping people and organizations build trust and inspire action.
Jonathan Boettcher is a nonprofit leader, creative strategist, and three-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker. For more than a decade, he has helped mission-driven organizations clarify complex ideas, communicate a compelling vision, and build trust with the people they serve.
His work brings together storytelling, creative strategy, and collaborative leadership, grounded in a Christian commitment to love of neighbor and community flourishing.
Career Overview
2025–Present
Community One
Leads philanthropy, brand strategy, storytelling, and community engagement—helping Community One communicate its mission clearly, deepen relationships, and inspire generous participation in its place-based work.
2022–2025
For Evansville
Led organizational strategy, fundraising, partnerships, and team development for a city-focused nonprofit helping churches and community leaders contribute to community flourishing.
2017–2022
For Evansville
Built and stewarded the organization’s brand while producing films, podcasts, reports, campaigns, and digital resources that made complex community issues understandable and invited people to take meaningful action.
My creative experience spans film, photography, web design, branding, and graphic design. I am often at my best setting the creative direction—finding the clearest narrative, shaping the strategy, and bringing the right collaborators together to execute it well.
Short Film
An Emmy Award-winning short film exploring poverty, education, and the relationships young people need to flourish.
Watch Film
Documentary
A short documentary about resilience, opportunity, and the people who help make a different future possible.
Watch Film
Documentary
A documentary journey through two events in Evansville’s history that are key to understanding and overcoming racial division in the city.
Watch FilmSpeaking and teaching have been part of my life since I was a teenager. I am grateful for opportunities to serve churches, nonprofits, and community groups by helping people think more deeply about their faith, their neighbors, and the communities they call home.
Much of my teaching explores how the life and teachings of Jesus call Christians toward justice, reconciliation, faithful presence, and community flourishing.
Past Engagements
Topics
How Christians and churches can contribute to the good of the places they call home.
How our beliefs shape the way we see, value, and relate to other people.
Moving beyond good intentions toward meaningful relationships and practical love of neighbor.
Clarifying ideas and developing stories that help people understand, care, and act.
I write about faith, community, human dignity, and the ways our beliefs shape how we see and treat our neighbors. My essays explore the quiet, practical ways the life and teachings of Jesus can reshape our relationships, communities, and public life.
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