"This guidebook will teach you to bloom where God has planted you in His service.
Fran Jones has done it again."
Pastor James E. Jordan, Jr., Refreshing Spring Church of God in Christ,
Riverdale, Maryland
"Fran Jones has been called to the kingdom for such a time as this.
At last, the church has a voice of wisdom, structure, and sound doctrine
in the area of deaconess ministry. Heretofore, writers seem to have referred
to the ministry of deaconesses as an after thought. Fran Jones seems to major
on the topic."
Deaconess Joan Hill, President, Women's Auxiliary National Baptist
Deacon's Convention of America, Inc.
"Fran Jones is rapidly becoming this country's foremost authority on
deaconesses in the African-American church. Her wisdom is such that
churches of all denominations can benefit."
Rev. Frank D. Tucker, Pastor, First Baptist Church -- Randolph St,
Washington, DC
Immediate Past President, The Baptist Convention of D.C. & Vicinity,
Washington, DC
"Fran Jones has prayerfully and carefully built a bridge of understanding
for the Body of Christ on a very important subject. This is a very dynamic
books. Read it and be blessed."
Elder Chris A. Tyson, Pursell's Church Supply, Inc., Washington, DC
"This book... continues in the excellent model of spiritual illumination and
inspiration in which we've now come to enjoy from Deaconess Fran Jones.
As a work of dedication and distention in the Christian faith, this
twelve-step program is most timely as a practical tool to be used in the life
and ministry of a deaconess in the church of our Lord Jesus Christ,
throughout this new millennium."
Pastor C. H. Johnson, Christ Missionary Baptist Church,
Ft. Washington, MD,
President-Eastern Region, Progressive National Baptist Convention
"I am excited about the progressive transformational writings of Fran Jones
because she challenges the Deaconess Ministry to serve this present age.
Having experienced first hand the relevancy of this material, I have
witnessed a shifting of the paradigm in the way my Deaconess Ministry
approach hurting and troubled women. Fran Jones' resources provide
powerful and transforming insights for the deaconess, women's leaders,
Christian counselors, and any other Christian worker who ministers
to the needs of others, particularly in the African American tradition."
Pastor Lester W. Taylor, Jr., Community Baptist Church of Englewood,
New Jersey
"...she sets forth a "can't miss" step-by-step procedure for selecting and
preparing women to become deaconesses. I have learned that a ministry is
only as effective as its personnel... I am convinced that if a church and
pastor follow the process that Fran Jones has clearly outlined in this,
her latest
offering, persons that are elevated to leadership positions in any church
will represent assets and not liabilities. Hurrah for Fran Jones, for she
has done it again."
Rev. John L. McCoy, D.MIN, The Word of God Baptist Church, Washington,
DC
