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I
am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. R. Clifford Jones as the =
new Associate
Dean of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. The appointment, which is subje=
ct to
the confirmation of the Seminary Executive Committee and the Andrews
University Board of Trustees, begins August 1, 2004. Jones replaces Dr. Denis Forti=
n who
has filled the role very ably for the past four years and has requested=
a
return to full-time teaching.
Dr.
Jones is well known to the Seminary family as the Chair of the Christian
Ministry Department and as a professor in that department. He regularly teaches courses i=
n Church
Leadership and Administration, Urban Ministry, The Church and Social
Problems, Preaching, History and Theology of Adventist Worship, and oth=
er
topics. He serves as the
coordinator of the African American concentration in the Doctor of Mini=
stry
program and is the Senior Pastor and speaker for New Life
Church. He joined the Seminary faculty=
in
1995.
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Dr. R. Clifford Jones
Associate Dean Elect
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Dr.
Jones brings to the role of Associate Dean strong educational and pasto=
ral
backgrounds. A graduate o=
f Fitchburg
State College (Massachusetts) and of=
Andrews University, Jones went on to e=
arn
the D.Min. from New York Theological
Seminary (1989) and the Ph.D. from Western Michiga=
n
University (200=
1). He has authored numerous artic=
les in
both popular and professional journals. He served as a pastor in the No=
rtheastern
Conference of Seventh-day Adventists from 1979-1995 during which time h=
e served
as senior pastor of the two largest Seventh-day Adventist, African Amer=
ican
congregations in New York City, Hanson Place in
Brooklyn, and Ephesus in Harlem.
Dr. Jones is the husband o=
f Elva,
an alumnus of Andrews University, who serves as a reading special=
ist
and teacher in the Be=
nton
Harbor School
District. Dr. & Mrs. Jones are the p=
roud parents
of two children, Cliff Jr., 21 (who is returning to Andrews Univers=
ity
following a year as a student missionary), and Jewel, 17.
We welcome Dr. Jones, alre=
ady a
mentor of students, to a widened role in leading the Seminary and
especially the academic mission of the institution. =
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