From 2007 – 2022 Elder Jones was employed as a Logistics Specialist with Kelly Logistics Support Systems and Range Generation Next on Patrick Air Force Base in Florida. He was also a successful basketball player in high school, which afforded him an invitation to play Professional Basketball overseas. In 2000, while traveling to several cities in the country of Portugal and the Mandarin Islands north of Africa; Carlos personal desire would have been to pursue a career in basketball however, God had a different plan for his life. Through traveling, Elder Jones discovered that God has truly created a beautiful world, with many diverse cultures, and wonderful people. He hopes to one day revisit those areas to preach and teach the gospel.
Pastor Carlos Jones is the husband to his childhood sweetheart, Shadrena Jones, an anointed woman of God who stands tall by him. Her teaching and lifestyle led him to the Lord. Carlos and Shadrena celebrate 27 years of marriage and two beautiful children, Loshaveon and Carlos Jr.
Elder Jones is a first – generation reared in the Church of God by Faith. He was reared under the spiritual leadership of his grandfather-in-law, the late Elder Harold M. Jones. Carlos was ordained as a Deacon in 2005 and accepted the call to preach the gospel in 2007. In December 2016, Elder Carlos Jones was consecrated and ordained Elder in the first CIT
graduating class and appointed a pastoral position at Emmons Memorial Church of God by Faith in Cocoa, Florida. In December 2023, Elder Jones was appointed the pastoral position at Fairbanks Church of God by Faith in Gainesville, Florida starting January 7, 2024. Carlos is an anointed evangelist and teacher whose vision for God’s people has enlarged his territory to streetministry and beyond.
Elder Carlos Jones loves the Lord and believes his divine mission is to build up lives Satan has torn down and tried to destroy.
His favorite scripture is Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed thee in the
belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained
thee a prophet unto the nations”
