Faculty
Jeffrey Jones
Director of Distance Learning; Instructor in Church and Ministry: Ministerial Leadership
B.A., Brown University
B.D., Andover Newton Theological School
M.A. (American History), Villanova University
D.Min., Andover Newton Theological School
Phone: Ext. 2364
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Biography:
In 2002 Jeff Jones began serving as Coordinator of E-Learning and an adjunct faculty member. In 2005 his duties were expanded to include the development of the school’s distance learning program for continuing education for clergy and courses for laity. In 2007 he was appointed a non-tenured member of the faculty. In keeping with his commitment to the ministry and renewal of the local congregation he also serves as the pastor of First Baptist Church in Plymouth, MA.
Jeff has previously been a pastor in New York and New Jersey and a member of the national staff of the American Baptist Churches, USA. He is the author of Heart, Mind and Strength: Theory and Practice for Congregational Leadership; Traveling Together: A Guide for Disciple-Forming Congregations, and Parenting with Love and Laughter: Finding God in Family Life, as well as numerous books on youth ministry and Baptist history and principles.
Courses: CMED 605 [P3]: Educational Ministry Across the Life Span, CMFE 620: Field Education Integrative Seminar, CMFE 621S: Field Education Integrative Seminar, CMFE 621: Integrative Seminar, CMLE 607S: Theory and Practice of Ministerial Leadership, CMLE 607S: Theory and Practice of Ministerial Leadership, CMLE 607: Theory and Practice of Ministerial Leadership, CMLE 645 [EL]: Leading for the Future, CMLE 673J [EL] : Perspectives on Congregational Transformation, OLDT 509F [P3]: One Love: Introduction to the Hebrew Bible I: the Torah and Former Prophets, THEO 611F 01 [P3]: Systematic Theology I, THEO 611F 02 [P3]: Systematic Theology I, THEO 614 [P3]: Systematic Theology II,
Publications:
Heart, Mind and Strength: Theory and Practice for Congregational Leadership
Grounding the Formation of Clergy in Practical Experience
Telling Stories – Forming Disciples
Leading for the Future
Parenting with Love and Laughter: Finding God in Family
Traveling Together: A Guide for Disciple-Forming Congregations
We Are Baptists, Studies for Younger Children, Older Children, Youth, and Adults
Keepers of the Faith, Illustrated Biographies from Baptist History
Homiletic essays on 1 Corinthians 13 and 15 for “Feasting on the Word” preaching commentary
