Michael R. Jones is originally from the deep South and has lived in Metro Detroit since 2000. He is a graduate of William Tyndale College, Michigan Theological Seminary, Moody Theological Seminary – Michigan, where he received the Faculty Award in Systematic Theology, and the University of Chester where he wrote his dissertation on Paul’s theology of suffering. He has served as pastor of Zion Baptist Church in Taylor, MI since 2000 and is a long-time board member of the largest food pantry in Michigan. He and his wife, Tondra, have two grown children.