Noel Jones Pentecostal Bishop

Noel Jones is a Jamaican-American minister and a Pentecostal bishop. He is the senior pastor of City of Refuge Church in Gardena, California.

Noel was born on the31st January, 1950 in Spanish Town, Saint Catherine , Jamaica. He was one of 7 children. His father was Bishop Robert - an Apostolic clergyman and politician and his mother was Marjorie Jones. One of his sisters is Grace Jones the actress and singer.

In 1965 the family relocated to Syracuse, New York.

Noel received the call to the ministry aged 19. He obtained a B.Sc, in Theology from Aenon Bible College. He later received an honorary doctoral degree from Life College and Seminary (then called International Circle of faith College).

Aged 26 he accepted his first pastorate at Bethel Temple of Longview, Texas.

June 1994, aged 44, he was chosen to succeed Bishop Robert W. McMurray as pastor at the Greater Bethany Community Church at 84th & Hoover Street in South Los Angeles. Between 1994- 2003 his congregation significantly grew from 1,000 towards 17,000 so a new building was acquired in Gardena, California. The new sanctuary is known as The City of Refuge…

In 2002 Sophie Fiennes , an English film director and producer, made a documentary film about the church with the title Hoover Street Revival.

The church choir’s debut album. Welcome to the City reached No.1 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums in 2007.

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