Background
Jones, Charles Irving was born on September 13, 1943 in El Paso, Texas, United States. Son of Charles I. Junior and Helen A. (Heyward) Jones.
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TOTAL MINISTRY: A PRACTICAL APPROACH offers creative answers to issues facing mainline Christian churches. The book points the way towards total ministry of all baptized people through ten functional ministries that should be taking place in any ministering community for it to be doing Christ's work in the world. The book addresses lay people and clergy in its descriptions of and approaches to these ministries and corresponding evangelism in the world. Small groups are the unit for building the foundation for ministry. In these small groups, prayer, Bible study, and sharing of stories form the basis for discerning gifts. Participants are enabled and empowered to exercise these discerned gifts through the ten functional ministries. Ci Jones writes informally, making the book readable, informative and entertaining. The book challenges the church to respond to a call for an innovative understanding of how it can truly be the Body of Christ in today's worlds. More than a guide of how to do ministry, the book is certain to generate discussion about creative approaches to ministry for years to come.
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Jones, Charles Irving was born on September 13, 1943 in El Paso, Texas, United States. Son of Charles I. Junior and Helen A. (Heyward) Jones.
Bachelor of Science, The Citadel, 1965. Master of Business Administration, University North Carolina, 1966. Master of Divinity, University of the South, 1977.
Doctor of Divinity, University of the South, 1989.
Public accounting D.E. Gatewood and Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1966-1972. Director development Chatham (Virginia) Hall, 1972-1974. Instructor accounting University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1974-1977.
College chaplain Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, 1977-1981. Vicar Trinity Episcopal Church, Russelville, Kentucky, 1977-1985. Archdeacon Diocese of Kentucky, Louisville, 1981-1986.
Bishop Episcopal Diocese of Montana, Helena, 1986-2001. Board directors New Directions Ministries, Incorporated, New York York City. Member standing committee Joint Commission on Churches in Small Communities, 1988-1991, Program, Budget and Finance, 1991-1994.
Vice president province VI Episcopal Church, 1991-1994, member Presiding Bishop's Council Advice, 1991-1994.
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Founder Concerned Citizens for Children, Russelville, 1981. Board directors St. Peter's Hospital, Helena, 1986-2001. Board directors Christian Ministry in National Parks, 1992—2001.
With United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1961-1965. Member American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Married Ashby MacArthur, June 18, 1966. Children: Charles I. IV, Courtney M., Frederic M., Keith A.