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Features : Dialogue
Dialogue: A Conversation with Lynn Jones‘MARRIAGE MATTERS’ to this church member, who travels the country with her husband calling couples to display servant hearts.
read more Keeping up with the Joneses is difficult as they crisscross the
country, helping couples communicate, compromise and sometimes confront
negative behaviors.
Since 1996, Lynn and her husband, Jerry, have presented more than 300 of their “Marriage Matters” programs in 43 states.
Lynn Jones, 58, grew up in Oklahoma, the daughter of a Christian college president. When her marriage of 23 years ended in divorce in 1993 due to spousal infidelity, she focused on her two sons, Trevor and Jeremy.
During the difficult years, Lynn entered graduate school and earned a master’s degree in clinical psychology. She then taught at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Okla., and maintained a counseling practice.
In 1995 she met and married former Harding University Bible professor Jerry Jones, who had lost his wife to cancer in 1994.
Lynn Jones is known for her articulate and warm presentations of encouragement toward stronger marriages.
Her own marriage had at least one major adjustment when Lynn decided to join Jerry’s world of hunting. She still accompanies her husband on hunting trips, but today she shoots with a camera instead of a gun.
Her oldest son, Trevor, his wife Alana and son Atticus live in Chicago where Trevor is completing a doctorate in New Testament at the University of Chicago. Her younger son, Jeremy, his wife Lauren and son Asher live in St. Louis where Jeremy is chief resident in psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine.
The Jones’ blended family of five adult sons and daughters and several grandchildren now occupy a central place in her life.
Since 1996, Lynn and her husband, Jerry, have presented more than 300 of their “Marriage Matters” programs in 43 states.
Lynn Jones, 58, grew up in Oklahoma, the daughter of a Christian college president. When her marriage of 23 years ended in divorce in 1993 due to spousal infidelity, she focused on her two sons, Trevor and Jeremy.
During the difficult years, Lynn entered graduate school and earned a master’s degree in clinical psychology. She then taught at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Okla., and maintained a counseling practice.
In 1995 she met and married former Harding University Bible professor Jerry Jones, who had lost his wife to cancer in 1994.
Lynn Jones is known for her articulate and warm presentations of encouragement toward stronger marriages.
Her own marriage had at least one major adjustment when Lynn decided to join Jerry’s world of hunting. She still accompanies her husband on hunting trips, but today she shoots with a camera instead of a gun.
Her oldest son, Trevor, his wife Alana and son Atticus live in Chicago where Trevor is completing a doctorate in New Testament at the University of Chicago. Her younger son, Jeremy, his wife Lauren and son Asher live in St. Louis where Jeremy is chief resident in psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine.
The Jones’ blended family of five adult sons and daughters and several grandchildren now occupy a central place in her life.
(photo by Michael Hite)
A conversation with Denny Petrillo
PREACHER, MINISTRY TRAINER and president of Bear Valley Bible
Institute of Denver discusses a minister shortage, changing
affiliations and other challenges facing Churches of Christ.
From the time he was in junior high school, Denny Petrillo knew that he wanted to preach — and train others to preach.
At age 54, he’s doing exactly that as president of Bear Valley Bible Institute of Denver. The ministry training program prepares men to serve in pulpits across the nation and around the globe. The institute has extension programs on five continents.
Petrillo came to Bear Valley in 1985 after teaching at York College and Magnolia Bible College and preaching for churches in Mississippi, Arkansas, Nebraska and Colorado.
A minister for 31 years, he has degrees from York, Harding University and Harding Graduate School of Religion as well as a doctorate in religious education from the University of Nebraska. He teaches courses in Old and New Testament and is the author of commentaries on Ezekiel, 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus and a study guide on the minor prophets.
Between preaching and teaching assignments, Petrillo has coached and served as a referee at soccer games. He’s a fan of the Denver Broncos and Colorado Rockies.
He and his wife, Kathy, have three children, Lance, Brett and Laura.
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