SteveJonesPicSteve Jones

President of the Missionary Church

Since obeying God’s call to full-time ministry, Rev. Steve Jones has served the Church in a wide variety of ways – church planter in Ohio, lead pastor in churches in Michigan and Indiana, Michigan District Church Planting board member, Central District Superintendent, and now President of the Missionary Church denomination.

While pastoring, Steve also traveled extensively, preaching the Gospel and teaching principles of Christian leadership in North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. He also launched several cutting-edge para-church ministries such as Love In Deed (a non-profit corporation designed to maximize the leadership and effectiveness of Christian non-profit agencies), SHAREHOUSE (a warehouse that distributes tons of new merchandise from retailers without charge to Christian non-profit organizations and churches), Integrity Watch (a means to protect men and women from internet pornography), and teaching for the Pastoral Leadership Institute (the Missionary Church’s on-line ministry training vehicle). His heart for the community is also evident in his service as president (for a while) and member of the board of directors for his local Right to Life agency.

Jones holds a BA from Spring Arbor College (1980) and a M.Div. from Asbury Theological Seminary (1983). He has been married for more than 30 years to Sue Jones, his indispensable partner in life and daily ministry. Steve and Sue are blessed to have four adult children—Dustin, Mallory, Joshua, and Daniel—who each love and serve the Lord.

President's Blog

STANDING IN GOD

Acts 4 says, referring to the apostles … And when they had prayed these things, the building that they were in was shaken. It was as if that precise geographic […]

MOVING INTO YOUR BEST DAYS

Let’s start by placing ourselves on the mental map of Jesus. Luke wrote Season One of the biography of Jesus. It was EXPLOSIVE! … and ended with a cliff-hanger: Jesus […]

Living in the Earthquake Kingdom

God gave an impossible task to four people (a tax man, a fisherman, a doctor, and a young man barely old enough to have a career): “I want each of […]

Jesus: the Key to Change, Confidence, and Courage

In last month’s Priority, I addressed the need for leaders to develop courage in order to lead well. In this month’s article, I’d like for us to drill down into […]

BECOMING COURAGEOUS LEADERS

All great leaders are intentional about developing courage. Let’s examine courage from the right perspective. To THINK ABOUT COURAGE (this may seem strange, but …), I need to START WITH […]

THE MESSENGER

Why do we dream of white Christmases, when most of them leave us in the red?   Did you ever drive down the expressway and see an overpass?  There, spray-painted […]

DO YOU THANK GOD ON BOTH “THANKSGIVING LEVELS” THAT HE CARES ABOUT?

The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me! (Psalm 50:23) For obvious reasons, I have been thinking about thanksgiving … and what it means to give thanks to […]

WHAT I BELIEVE ABOUT WHAT WE BELIEVE

I believe that the entire Bible is absolutely true; that God (who invented words and who IS the Word) communicated to His servants so precisely what He wanted to communicate […]

United in Christ

I don’t know if you know this, but the AVERAGE church lives as long as the AVERAGE human. Yes, churches usually last about 70–100 years. So what is the secret […]

WHITE KNUCKLES AND ACHING MUSCLES

Many years ago, on an international flight, our landing gear on one side failed to lock down. The emergency detection equipment shrieked a warning in the cockpit, and the pilot […]