Meet Martin Jones

Martin Jones is the Summit Baptist Associational Missionary

Martin, his wife Karen, and their family reside in Canal Fulton. Evangelism has always been a major part of any strategy of growth in Martin’s ministries. One of his first opportunities to assist churches in evangelism occurred while completing his seminary education. After training in Continuing Witness Training, he began and led several sessions of CWT at Riverside Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas, as Pastor/Leader.

Personally sharing his faith and leading others to share theirs continued in his ministries as he started two Church Plants. His first church plant, Northside Baptist Church in Huntsville, Texas, grew from a home Bible study to a church of 50 committed members. He started Eastview Baptist Church in Mesquite, Texas, with 14 people, and in two years the church had an average attendance of 60 and a new church building.

While working as a chaplain for the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, CA, Martin was responsible for the preservation of inmate First Amendment Rights. This experience gave him an opportunity to work with various religious groups and to discover methods of sharing his faith in non-threatening ways.

When he became pastor of Brea Center Church in Brea, California, the church had a median age of 63 in a community with a median age of 34. Martin needed to reach people for God and he needed to reach them fast. He led the church to develop an evangelist strategy called Vision 2000 and Beyond and as a result the average worship attendance grew by 70%, small group/Sunday School ministry grew 150%, and giving went up 48%. Also during this time, the median age of the church went from 63 to 34 years of age.