Nashotah House Theological Seminary has appointed David Lee Jones, affiliate professor of pastoral theology, as director of its Doctor of Ministry program.
A native of Bloomfield, New Jersey, Jones was ordained as a deacon at age 17 and ordained a Presbyterian minister in October 1982. Jones completed a Doctor of Theology program iat Emory University in 1999.
He has served as adjunct instructor in Seminary of the Southwest’s advanced degree programs in chaplaincy and counseling since 2008.
Jones directed Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary’s DMin program for nearly a decade and served a two-year term as president of the Association for Doctor of Ministry Education.
“Nashotah House is in a unique position to refine a truly distinctive DMin program for priests and ministers who continue to grow in their vision and skill, and Dr. Jones is just the sort of leader who will make that happen,” said Garwood Anderson, interim dean.
Adapted from Nashotah House [PDF]
Matthew Townsend is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and volunteer advocate for survivors of sexual misconduct in Anglican settings. He served as editor of the Anglican Journal from 2019 to 2021 and communications missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Quebec from 2019 to 2022. He and his wife recently entered catechism class in the Orthodox Church in America.
