John Franklin Jones, a native of South Mississippi, resides in East Tennessee with his wife, Kathy.  He has two children and five grandchildren.  He did undergraduate work at Clarke Memorial College, William Carey College, Ouachita University and received his M.Div. and Ph.D. from Mid America Baptist Theological Seminary.  Fifty-seven plus years in ministry, he has served in the pastorate, other church staff positions, short-term missions settings, and cross-cultural language ministries.  He has also taught at several institutions and currently is Adjunct Instructor of Theology (online), Liberty School of Divinity, Lynchburg, VA. Frank and Kathy are members at Calvary Baptist Church, Bristol, TN