Keith Boyette, the GM Church’s Transitional Connectional Officer. “We are rejoicing over God’s good grace to us,” said the Rev. Earlier books include The Evangelistic Love of God and Neighbor: A Theology of Discipleship and Witness (2003), and United Methodist Doctrine: The Extreme Center (2002), all from Abingdon Press. His most recent titles are Scripture and the Wesleyan Way: A Bible Study on Real Christianity (2018), The Once and Future Wesleyan Movement (2016), Ask: Faith Questions in a Skeptical Age (2014), and The Wesleyan Way: A Faith that Matters (2014). “I’m grateful for the bright future ahead for the Global Methodist Church with his wisdom and guidance leading the way.”Ī prolific author, Jones has written numerous articles and published several books. Jessica LaGrone, Dean of the Chapel at Asbury Theological Seminary (Wilmore, Kentucky), a TLC member, and a former member in the UM Church’s Texas Annual Conference. He has an incredible gift for casting vision and keeping those under his leadership focused on loving God and making disciples of Jesus Christ as the main thing,” said the Rev. “Bishop Jones’s remarkable leadership has been a blessing to so many pastors and churches over the years. His dissertation research focused on Wesley Studies and the History of Biblical Interpretation. in Philosophy), Perkins School of Theology (Master of Theology) and Southern Methodist University (Ph.D. Jones received degrees from the University of Kansas (B.A. ![]() ![]() With great joy and hope for the future, the TLC warmly welcomes him to the GM Church.” “With grace and clarity he has modeled and proclaimed the gospel of Jesus Christ, and he has given his life to making disciples of Jesus Christ. “Bishop Scott Jones has stood strong for the faith,” said Cara Nicklas, Chairwoman of the TLC. Prior to his 18 years as bishop, he pastored local churches in the North Texas Annual Conference and was a faculty member at Southern Methodist University’s Perkins School of Theology (Dallas, Texas). From there he assumed leadership of the Texas Annual Conference in 2016. I am excited about forming disciples who worship passionately, love extravagantly, and witness boldly.”īeginning in September 2004 Jones served as the resident bishop of the Kansas Episcopal Area, and then in September 2012 he became the first bishop of the newly formed Great Plains Episcopal Area comprising the Kansas East, Kansas West and Nebraska Annual Conferences. “It is a new start that will help clergy and congregations move past the disputes of the last several years and focus on our mission. “The Global Methodist Church represents traditional Methodism with a strong focus on reaching new people for the gospel,” Jones said about the growing denomination. He joins Bishop Mark Webb and Bishop Emeritus Mike Lowry as the denomination’s third episcopal leader. Initially, he will serve as one of the general superintendents of the GM Church and will not be appointed to a specific residential area. Its Transitional Book of Doctrines and Discipline provides that UM Church bishops may be received as bishops in the GM Church to serve until the latter’s convening General Conference Bishop Jones has been received in this capacity. ![]() ![]() Jones was received into the Global Methodist Church as an elder on January 9, 2023.Īs Jones shared the news of his decision to align with the GM Church, its Transitional Leadership Council (TLC) announced it has appointed him as a bishop in the new denomination. United Methodist Bishop Scott Jameson Jones, the former leader of the UM Church’s Great Plains and Houston Episcopal Areas, has resigned from the episcopacy of the church and withdrawn from the denomination.
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