Biography:
Dr. Timothy Paul Jones is the recipient of the Baker Book House Award for excellence in theological scholarship as well as the North American Professors of Christian Education Scholastic Recognition Award for his doctoral research in the field of spiritual formation. After serving in pastoral roles for fifteen years, Dr. Jones became Professor of Leadership and Church Ministry at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2007. He has also served Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Oklahoma Baptist University's Ministry Training Institute as a visiting professor of biblical languages. Dr. Jones has been married to his wife, Rayann, since 1994. In 2003, they became the adoptive parents of Hannah, a seven-year-old girl from Romania.