Cornerstone Conference IPHC is excited to announce the appointment of Rev. Stephen Jones as our new Resident Director of Discipleship Ministries. Rev. Jones began in his new role as a member of the Conference leadership team on January 2, 2024. Additionally, he serves on the Conference Executive Council as a Member at Large since June 2024 and Director of IPHC Student Ministries for the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. Stephen is an ordained minister in the Cornerstone Conference IPHC since June 18, 2004.
Stephen brings more than two decades of full-time, local-church ministry experience and two decades of teens and family-discipleship ministry proficiency. Stephen has served in roles of Youth and Pastor of Student Ministries since 2002 - most recently at Living Hope Church in Lenoir, NC. Stephen is a 2002 graduate of Emmanuel College where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Christian Ministries and a 2008 graduate of Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary where he received his Master of Divinity.
Stephen and his wife Mandy and their son Nate reside in Lenoir, NC.
We are thankful for Stephen and look forward to how the Lord will use him in this new season of ministry. Please join with me in welcoming the Jones family to this new assignment and season of ministry!
Bishop Mike Ainsworth
Conference Superintendent