Jones switched his career goals from engineering to ministry in 1982 when he became the pulpit minister for North Garland Church of Christ in Enid, OK, for six years.
In 1988 Jones moved to Lubbock, Texas, to serve as pulpit minister at Sunset Church of Christ.
Jones stepped down from the presidency to pursue more public speaking opportunities as LCU’s first Chancellor in 2011.
Dr. Jones authored The Ultimate Leader (2002)[3] and Leadership after God’s Own Heart (Star Bible 1999).
[4] Dr. Jones received his Agricultural Engineering bachelors (’73), masters (’74),[5] and Ph.D. (’81)[6] from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK.