Our leaders
Apostle Ronald D. Jones, Sr.
Co-Founder of Royal Priesthood Ministries Int’l with his wife, Apostle Ja’net L. Reid-Jones. In 2001 he founded New Life Ministries of Excellence, a multi-cultural ministry.
How the Lord called him
Apostle Jones, a native of Delaware, was a young man living life on his terms and greatly in need of salvation. He started drinking alcohol at the age of 13, and through his twenties and thirties he was caught in drugs and alcohol. In 1985 he was hospitalized and sent to drug rehabilitation for 26 days. Upon his release he began attending church services to learn more about the Lord, yet he was not delivered from his addictions.
“Ronald, you have a choice this day. Which do you choose, life or death?”
December 5, 1985, 8:15 PM: the voice of the Lord, calling him by his name, three times
In February 1986, he gave his life to the Lord, responding by telling the LORD, “I choose life”. He was immediately delivered from drugs and alcohol and began his journey to eternal life and serving the Lord.
His ministry
In 1986, Apostle Jones received his calling to ministry and immediately began attending Bible College, continuing until 1994. He received training in the Prophetic ministry from 1990 to 1993. He was first ordained as an Evangelist in 1987 and ordained as an Elder in 2000 by Bishop Courtney A. Pope of Holy Temple Church, Pennsgove, NJ. On January 20, 2005, the Lord elevated and commissioned his consecration as an Apostle of the Lord God.
He has ministered in various cities and multi-cultural churches throughout the United States. He has a love for street, prison and hospital ministry, and a message and great anointing to minister to the alcoholic, the drug addict and the lost. At Daimler-Chrysler, where he retired after 30 years in June 2007, he was the “resident Pastor”, loved and revered by his co-workers and superiors.
The Lord has blessed Apostle Jones with many spiritual gifts including Prophecy, Word of Wisdom, Word of Knowledge and Healing. The Lord greatly uses him in Deliverance, Spiritual Warfare and the joy of Song.
Apostle Jones’ greatest desire is to see that all men come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. He is an avid student of the Word of GOD and a man of prayer.
