Tracey Kirk Jones

Background

Jones, Tracey Kirk was born on March 16, 1917 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Tracey Kirk and Marion (Flowers) Jones.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Doctor of Divinity, Ohio Wesleyan University Bachelor of Divinity, Yale Division School, 1942.

Career

Ordained to ministry, Methodist Church, 1945; missionary, Methodist Church, China, 1946-1950; missionary, Methodist Church, Malaya, 1952-1955; Executive Board mission, Methodist Church, 1955; executive secretary, S.E. Asia, 1955-1962; associate general secretary division world missions, 1962-1964; associate general secretary world division, 1964-1968; general secretary board missions, 1968-1972; general secretary board global ministries, 1972-1980. Adjunct Professor Drew Theological School, Madison, New Jersey, 1980-1989. Member governing board National Council Churches, 1st vice president, 1978-1980.

Works

• book

  • Our Mission Today: The Beginning of a New Age

    (Evangelism)

Connections

Married Martha Clayton, September 12, 1942 (deceased June 1975). Children: Judith Grace Watson, Tracey Kirk Jones, III, Deborah Anita Jones Breitenbach. Married Junia K. Moss, July 1, 1978.

Father:

Tracey Kirk Jones

Mother:

Marion (Flowers) Jones

Spouse:

Martha Clayton

Spouse:

Junia K. Moss

child:

Deborah Anita Jones Breitenbach Jones

child:

III Jones

child:

Judith Grace Watson Jones

child:

Tracey Kirk Jones