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The Reverend Scott J. Jones
Bishop of the Global Methodist Church
Bishop Scott J. Jones preaches at Suncreek United Methodist Church in Allen, Texas, in 2007.
Church	Global Methodist Church
Appointed	January 9, 2023
Previous post(s)	Bishop, Kansas Episcopal Area, United Methodist Church Bishop, Great Plains Episcopal Area, UMC Bishop,Texas Annual Conference, UMC
Personal details
Born	(1954-05-23)May 23, 1954 (age 70) Nashville, Tennessee
Denomination	Methodism
Spouse	Mary Lou Reece
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Kansas (B.A.) Perkins School of Theology (M.Th.) Southern Methodist University (Ph.D.)

Scott Jameson Jones (born 23 May 1954) is an Americanbishop of theGlobal Methodist Church and former bishop of theUnited Methodist Church, elected in 2004, serving until his retirement and subsequent resignation from the episcopal office and transfer to the GMC in 2023.

He was born inNashville, Tennessee and raised inIllinois,Indiana andColorado. Jones' younger brother,L. Gregory Jones, is also a theologian and serves as president of Belmont University. He met his wife, Mary Lou Reece, while a student at theUniversity of Kansas, and they were married 18 August 1979. She is the president of Reece Construction Company, with offices inSalina, Kansas andProsper, Texas. The couple has three children and five grandchildren.

Jones earned aB.A. degree in philosophy at the University of Kansas (1977 with highest honors). He is a member ofPhi Beta Kappa. He earned anM.Th. degree atPerkins School of Theology,Southern Methodist University (1981 with high honors). Jones'sPh.D. is also from Southern Methodist University, which he earned in 1992 inreligious studies.

Jones holds to aWesleyan-Arminian soteriology.^[1]

Jones was endorsed for election to the Episcopacy by the North Texas Conference Delegation to the South Central Jurisdictional Conference and was elected in July 2004. He was assigned to the Kansas Episcopal Area, with offices inWichita, Kansas.

Jones took over the new Great Plains Conference, which was formed in 2014 by combining the former Kansas East, Kansas West and Nebraska United Methodist conferences.

In 2016 he was assigned to the Texas Annual Conference (Houston Area) where he served until January 2023.^[2]

In January 2023 Scott Jones resigned as a Bishop of the UMC and withdrew his conference membership to unite with The Global Methodist Church.^[3]

• John Wesley's Conception and Use of Scripture, Nashville, Kingswood Books/Abingdon, 1995.
• Wesley and the Quadrilateral: Renewing the Conversation (with S. Gunter, T. Campbell, R. Miles and R. Maddox), Nashville, Abingdon, 1997.
• United Methodist Doctrine: The Extreme Center, Nashville, Abingdon, 2002.
• The Evangelistic Love of God and Neighbor: A Theology of Witness and Discipleship, Nashville, Abingdon, 2003.ISBN 0-687-04614-9
• The Wesleyan Way, Nashville, Abingdon, 2013.
• Ask: Faith Questions in a Skeptical Age (with Arthur D. Jones), Nashville, Abingdon, 2015.
• Scripture and the Wesleyan Way (with Arthur D. Jones), Nashville, Abingdon, 2018.

• List of bishops of the United Methodist Church

• Bounds, Christopher. T. (2011)."How are People Saved? The Major Views of Salvation with a Focus on Wesleyan Perspectives and their Implications".Wesley and Methodist Studies.3:31–54.doi:10.5325/weslmethstud.3.2011.0031.JSTOR 42909800.S2CID 171804441.

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