Southwestern Union Record

Dallas, Tex. » The Southwestern Region Conference's executive committee recently voted to rename the director for Hispanic ministries as vice president for Hispanic ministries. Samuel Green, conference president, said the change was needed due to strong signals of Hispanic ministries in Southwest Region Conference. He also stated that the Southwest Region’s Hispanic constituency is growing and the leadership structure needed to facilitate the growth. Green also affirmed Kircio Mota, vice president for Hispanic ministries, stating that Mota will be able to "strengthen the vision of that growth." Mota has been in leadership in Hispanic congregations for the past eight years. 

The executive committee also named Gordon Jones as the new ministerial director. Jones has served the Southwest Region Conference since 2005, currently as the senior pastor of the Alpha Seventh-day Adventist Church in Austin, Tex. Jones has been a pastor driven by a vision to improve and enhance ministry, and has served as a teacher, adjunct lecturer, youth ministries director, and religious liberty director. About Jones’ skillful leadership, Green said, “I believe that all outcomes are based on the type of leadership given.” Green says he desires an emphasis to be placed on pastoral leadership skills among pastors and local church leaders.

Jones is married to his college sweetheart, Wendy Ratteray, and they have served the Lord faithfully ever since. Their happy union includes the blessing of two beautiful children, Tia-Ashley and Zane-Bernard.

The Southwest Region Conference welcomes Gordon Jones to the leadership team and looks forward to working with both Kircio Mota and Gordon Jones as the conference positions itself to be used by God to hasten His coming!