Dr. Jim Jones Celebrates Fifty Years in the Ministry

   A celebration of fifty (50) years as an ordained minister will be held for Dr. Jim Jones on Saturday afternoon, January 21,

2012, ffrom 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.  Host for this event wil be Hooks Missionary Baptist Church (13th & Ave. G), Hooks, TX. 

        Brother Jones was ordained to the gospel ministry by Landmark Baptist Church in Jacksonville, AR, on January 21, 1962.

He has pastored churches in Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas.  Hooks MBC in Hooks,

TX, has been his pastorate for the past ten and one-half years.

       On December 30, 1962, Brother Jones married his wife, Gail.  They have twin girls, Karen and Sharon, five grandchildren,

Heather, Anna, John Ross, Karissa, and Craig.  Tragically, Craig lost his life in an automobile accident in 2009.   

        In 1969 Brother Jim graduated from Missionary Baptist Seminary (Little Rock, AR) with a Doctorate in Bible Languages.

In 1975 he co-founded Oxford Baptist Institute (Oxford, MS), was a member of her faculty for twenty-three years, served as

her dean, vice president, and from 1991-1997 served as her president. A Doctor of Divinity was awarded him by Oxford Baptist

Institute in 1988.

        In addition to reaching a fifty-year milestone in the ministry, Dr. Jones has served as the editor of adult literature for the

Baptist Sunday School Committee in Texarkana for the past thirteen years and is a Standing Missionary Committee member for

the American Baptist Association.

          For all he has been allowed to accomplish, Dr. Jones says, "To God Be The Glory. Amen!"

Congratulations, Dr. Jones (Brother Jim,) 

from all of us here at Oxford Baptist Institute

and

South Lamar Baptist Church! 

God bless your continued service!