Concord Presbyterian Church
Staff & Leaders

  • Tom Jones

    Tom Jones
    Shepherding Ministries Coordinator

    Shepherding Ministries Coordinator Tom Jones has fifty three years of pastoral experience. Tom has served churches in Illinois,Tennessee, and Missouri, working thirteen years as a church planter in southern Illinois. He worked for twenty five years as a director for Fresh Start Seminars, an international divorce recovery ministry, and served sixteen years as a pastoral counselor at a church in St. Louis. Tom has taught speech and homiletics on the college and seminary levels. He is an author and an amateur songwriter and singer. Tom and his wife Reidun live in Columbia, Illinois. They have nine children, fourteen grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. They are tired.

  • Ronald Jones

    Ronald Jones
    Education & Outreach Coordinator

    Education and Outreach Coordinator Ron Jones grew up in the Waterloo area. He attended Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville and has Bachelor of Science degrees in Psychology and Sociology. His work experience includes camping ministry, music ministry, teaching and retail. He has served as a deacon at Northwest Presbyterian Church in Columbus Ohio and as an elder at Concord Presbyterian Church in Waterloo Illinois. He loves the Lord and looks forward to witnessing and participating in what the Lord has planned for Concord and our community . He enjoys playing the piano, singing praises, and spending time with his wife Sue and family;Erin, Josh, Sara, Geroid and his two grandsons Caden and Owen and granddaughter De'Ana.

  • Zach Dean

    Zach Dean
    Youth Intern

    Zach grew up on a small cattle ranch in the Chattanooga, Tennessee area. He attended Covenant College where he graduated with a degree in Biblical and Theological Studies. He is currently a student at Covenant Seminary in Saint Louis where is working toward a Mdiv degree. He is married to his wife Jéssika who is currently a Phd student at Washington University in Saint Louis. Zach enjoys spending his free time playing hockey, skiing, rock climbing, cooking, eating, and reading.

  • Beth Bicklein

    Beth Bicklein
    Secretary

    Concord Secretary Beth Bicklein, grew up in southern Illinois and graduated from Southern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. She is married to her high school sweetheart, Jim, and is the mother of three adult children. She likes to spend her free time reading, gardening, and visiting with family and friends.