Jerry Hopkins has served 52 years in ministry and as a member of National Capital Presbytery (and its predecessors). He is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary. He has served as an assistant pastor at Rockville Presbyterian, as Executive Director of Community Ministry of Fairfax County (an advocacy ministry seeking to change public policy on affordable housing, criminal justice, and other neglected social issues), as Parish Associate at Fairfax Presbyterian (1980–88), as Parish Associate at Lewinsville Presbyterian, and again as a Parish Associate at Fairfax. Jerry is also a retired health insurance executive. In his retirement, he is an active volunteer as an advocate for affordable housing and has served on several boards advocating for long term care for adults with disabilities and frail elderly. He currently serves as staff for the Fairfax Presbyterian Affordable Housing Implementation Team and for National Capital Presbytery’s Affordable Housing Mission Network.

Parish Associates are ordained ministers who attend FPC and provide additional pastoral care to FPC's members.