March 2006
Volume 11, Issue 2
LINDA JONES TO JOIN CBFNC STAFF AS MISSIONS COORDINATOR The Coordinating Council of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina (CBFNC) has called Linda Marie Jones as Missions Coordinator. Jones was introduced January 19 at a joint meeting of the CBFNC Coordinating and Ministry Councils held at Ardmore Baptist Church in Winston-Salem. Jones has served on the staff of Winter Park Baptist Church in Wilmington since 1996, most recently as Associate Pastor of Missions and Outreach. Jones, a registered nurse, was involved in church planting and partnership missions in Connecticut prior to moving to North Carolina. She holds a Master of Divinity degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. At Winter Park, she coordinated a comprehensive missions ministry with local, national and global expressions. Winter Park is recognized as a model for the missional church concept. The Search Committee which recommended Jones to the Coordinating Council consisted of Jimmy Allen, Wake
Forest; Mavis Bissette, Winston-Salem; David Hood, Hickory; and Bill Jones, Newland. Donald Horton, CBFNC Moderator and Larry Hovis, CBFNC Coordinator, served as ex officio members of the committee. They looked for a person who would be able to lead CBFNC missions to focus on four specific areas: North Carolina missions; church planting; equipping local churches to be missional; and global missions, especially in partnership with CBF. “We are extremely excited to have Linda Jones joining the CBFNC staff to coordinate our missions ministries,” said Hovis. “Linda brings the right combination of missionary passion, spiritual maturity, interpersonal sensitivity and organizational ability to work with the Missions Council, volunteer leaders and local churches to share more effectively the Gospel of Jesus Christ in North Carolina and around the globe.” Jones and her husband, Joseph, will move to the WinstonSalem area to begin her new ministry around March 1.