Author

Jacqueline Jones-Smith

Jacqueline Jones-Smith is an ordained elder in the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church who recently retired following her service as pastor of Christ UMC in St. Petersburg, Florida. She had a distinguished career in business and law prior to heeding God’s call to ministry.

Ann A. Michel served on the staff of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership from 2005 - 2024 as associate director of the center and later as a senior consultant and editor of Leading Ideas e-newsletter. She also taught at Wesley Theological Seminary in the areas of stewardship and leadership. She is the co-author with Lovett H. Weems Jr. of Generosity, Stewardship, and Abundance: A Transformational Guide to Church Finance (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021) available at Cokesbury and Amazon. She is also the author of Synergy: A Leadership Guide for Church Staff and Volunteers (Abingdon, 2017), available at Cokesbury and Amazon.