Verity Jones, publisher and editor of DisciplesWorld.com,
is the latest addition to the ACP Board of Directors,
filling the term vacated by Deb Wagner, who recently left
her full-time communications position at New York City-based Seaman’s
Church Institute to pursue communications consulting work
for clients including the Institute, Episcopal Life and
others.
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Previously senior minister at Central Christian Church in
Terre Haute, Ind., Verity assumed leadership of
DisciplesWorld in July 2003. The magazine was established in
2002, is a journal of news, opinion and mission for the
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). From the magazine's
outset, she wrote a column on Christian unity. She also has
written for Christian Century, Biblical Preaching Journal,
the Journal of Preaching, and other publications.
Verity received a master of divinity degree from Yale
Divinity School, earning summa cum laude honors. She
received a bachelor's degree in humanities from Yale
College, earning magna cum laude honors.
She comes from a distinguished family of Disciples. Her
father, Joe R. Jones, was dean of the Disciples-related
Phillips Theological Seminary and later president of
Phillips University and professor of theology at Christian
Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. Her sister Serene is
ordained and a professor at Yale Divinity School.
Verity is married to William Wagnon. They have one daughter,
Gracie.
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