He was born and reared at the Calvary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, CA. He was impacted and influenced by the ministry of the late Rev. Dr. Manuel Lee Scott Sr. from birth. He participated in every aspect of the church as a direct consequence of unparalleled parental influence of Samuel and Joyce Jones, the dynamic leadership of Dr. Scott and his current pastor Rev. Dr. Joseph Benjamin Hardwick.

              In 1981, Pastor Jones was called and licensed to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and ordained in 1992. At that time, he was a student at Occidental College in Eagle Rock, CA. Pastor Jones graduated in 1987 with a B.A. in Religious Studies; earned a Graduate Certificate for Christian Ministry; a Certificate of Completion for the Oxford Experience; a Master of Divinity Degree from the King’s University; and his Doctor of Divinity Degree in Ministry also at the King’s. He uses his extended learning as an adjunct professor and writer. In addition, Pastor Jones published his first book entitled Healing and Deliverance by the Finger of God in the fall of 2011 and has more manuscripts in the pipeline.

              As Pastor Jones looks to the future having celebrated over 35 years of marriage, over 40 years of ministry, and over 20 years as Senior Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church of Los Angeles. He also brings the experience of being a member of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc. Evangelism, and Home and Foreign Mission Boards; a Facilitator/Instructor and Audio-Video Archiver for the Walter Cade Far-West Regional Laymen’s Workshop of the National Baptist Convention; an Officer of the Western Baptist State Convention; an Officer of the Faith District Association; a former Officer of the Los Angeles District Association; a former Assistant Dean of the W.B.S.C.’s Congress of Christian Education. He has been influenced by many of the faces and figures at home and abroad. Pastor Jones thanks God for everything he has, and all he has learned and looks forward to what God is going to do in the future.