A pastor for over thirty years, Rev. Jones was the founding minister of Beacon Light Baptist Church in New Orleans, and Senior Minister at Calvary Baptist Church, Chester, PA; Ebenezer Baptist Church, Boston, MA; and First Baptist Church, Randolph and Tewksbury MA.

A professor for over thirty years, Dr. Jones has served at Andover Newton Theological School. He has also taught at Union Baptist Theological Seminary in New Orleans, The Center for Urban Ministerial Education of Gordon-Conwell Seminary, and Boston University School of Theology, and served as guest preacher and teacher at churches, schools and conferences throughout the United States and abroad. His writings have been published in various journals, including The Christian Century, Leadership, Gospel Today, Pulpit Digest, and The African American Pulpit, a quarterly preaching journal he co-founded in 1997. Dr. Jones is the author of many books for clergy, and all persons seeking spiritual growth in a changing and challenging world.