Roy Jones

Roy Jones, our volunteer and engagement advisor, has the unique job of ministering in person with friends and partners of the ICEJ in the United States and advocating on behalf of supporters to assist the projects and ministries they are led to support.

Roy comes to the ICEJ USA with over 40 years of experience serving nonprofits and international ministries. He has worked with stewardship programs and ministered to donors and supporters of several international ministries, including Mercy Ships International, World Help, Mission Aviation Fellowship, Heart for the Persecuted Church, Association of Gospel Rescue Ministries, and numerous homeless ministries and rescue missions.

He spent the first 20 years of his career working in Washington, DC, which included working with the presidential campaigns of President George H. W. Bush and US Senator Rick Santorum.

Judeo-Christian values have always been at the core of his Christian walk, but since working at the ICEJ, he senses God uniquely using him and his giftings as he ministers to others called by God to love and bless Israel. “Every day, God reveals to me in a deeper way His plan of using Israel as the vehicle for salvation and redemption of the world.”

He sees this extraordinary call on the lives of the ICEJ staff, volunteers, and supporters, as well. “They are special people with a special calling on their lives. I truly believe that when we serve God’s chosen people, Israel, we become the hands and feet of Jesus.”

Personally, Roy says he truly wants to leave a legacy and looks for opportunities to help others do the same. “Every day, I try to live my life in such a way that I accomplish at least one thing that will outlive me and last for all eternity.”

When not ministering, he plays worship, lead, and bass guitar at his church in Florida. Roy and his wife of 43 years, Melinda, have 7 grandchildren and 3 adult sons. His favorite Bible passage comes from 1 Peter 5: “Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you (vv. 6–7).