{"id":1633,"date":"2016-09-30T12:39:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T19:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2018-07-18T13:54:23","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T20:54:23","slug":"jones-cleon-joseph-1942-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=1633","title":{"rendered":"JONES, EZRA EARL, 1939-"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clergyman. Born– December 30, 1939, Birmingham. Parents– Ezra Elith and Eunice (Minor) Jones. Married– Mary Elizabeth Slaughter, September 11, 1960. Children– Two. Education– Birmingham Southern College, B.A., 1960; Duke University, B.D., 1963; Drew University, Th.M., 1964, further study, 1966-1968; Northwestern University, Ph.D., 1971. Piano and choral instructor, 1956-1960; ordained, United Methodist Church, 1964; Methodist minister in Alabama churches, 1958-1960, 1964-1966; North Carolina churches, 1960-1964; New Jersey churches, 1966-1968; taught, Garrett Theological Seminary, 1969-1970; Associate Director of Research, United Methodist Board of Global Ministries, New York, N.Y., 1970-. Member; American Sociological Association; American Religious Research Association.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contemporary Authors online<\/p>\n

Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Analysis of Significant Relationships in the Attitudes of United Methodist Clergy and Laity Toward Social and Political Issues. Ann Arbor, Mich.; University Microfilms, 1972.<\/p>\n

The Church and Extremism. New York; National Division of the Board of Missions, United Methodist Church, 1970.<\/p>\n

Methodism in Santa Fe, New Mexico. New York; Dept. of Research and Survey, etc., 1973.<\/p>\n

New Church Development in the Eighties; Some Perspectives from the Seventies. Cincinnati; Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church, 1976.<\/p>\n

Planning for the Future; the United Methodist Churches, Madison, Wisconsin, 1973. Cincinnati; Office of Research and Survey, National Division, Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church, 1973.<\/p>\n

Strategies for New Churches. New York; Harper, 1976.<\/p>\n

A Study of Grace United Methodist Church, Kokomo, Indiana, 1974. Cincinnati; Office of Research and Survey, National Division, Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church, 1974.<\/p>\n

Where Methodism Stands on Extremism. Cincinnati; Women’s Division of the Board of Missions, United Methodist Church, 1971.<\/p>\n

Joint_Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Management of Ministry. New York:\u00a0 Harper, 1978.<\/p>\n

Ministry of the Laity. New York:\u00a0 Harper & Row, 1978.<\/p>\n

What’s Ahead for Old First Church.\u00a0 New York:\u00a0 Harper, 1976.<\/p>\n

You Are the Target. Cincinnati; Board of Missions, United Methodist Church, 1971.<\/p>\n

Joint Editor;<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sources and Shapes of Power. Nashville;\u00a0 Abingdon, 1981.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Biography: Clergyman. Born– December 30, 1939, Birmingham. Parents– Ezra Elith and Eunice (Minor) Jones. Married– Mary Elizabeth Slaughter, September 11, 1960. Children– Two. Education– Birmingham Southern College, B.A., 1960; Duke University, B.D., 1963; Drew University, Th.M., 1964, further study, 1966-1968; Northwestern University, Ph.D., 1971. Piano and choral instructor, 1956-1960; ordained, United Methodist Church, 1964; Methodist […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors","category-j-l"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1633"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8430,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633\/revisions\/8430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}