After moving to Arkansas and starting a student ministry there, he put together a musical ensemble which attracted the interest of Ardent Records.
Two members of American Christian rock band Skillet, John and Korey Cooper, contributed to Jonah33's first album; John contributed bass guitar alongside Skidd Mills and wrote two songs, "Watching You Die" and "Death and the Life", while Korey wrote the song "God of My Life".
[5] Switching to independent label Ares Records, the band's third LP, The Heart of War, was released in July 2007.
Lichlyter posted a blog on Jonah33's Myspace saying that the band felt like it was time to disband.
[citation needed] Jonah33 became active again in early 2014[8] and released the Dead Man Walking EP that year.