Bob Jones, Sr. American evangelist Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bob-Jones-Sr Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bob-Jones-Sr Also known as: Robert Reynolds Jones, Sr. Written by Nick Tabor Nick Tabor is a freelance journalist and the author of Africatown: America's Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created. Nick Tabor, Melissa Petruzzello Melissa Petruzzello is Assistant Managing Editor and covers a range of content from plants, algae, and fungi, to renewable energy and environmental engineering. She has her M.S. in Plant Biology and Conservation... Melissa Petruzzello•All Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Sep 16, 2024 • Article History Table of Contents Quick Facts In full: Robert Reynolds Jones, Sr. (Show more) Born: October 30, 1883, Skipperville, Alabama, U.S. (Show more) Died: January 16, 1968, Greenville, South Carolina (Show more) Bob Jones, Sr. (born October 30, 1883, Skipperville, Alabama, U.S.—died January 16, 1968, Greenville, South Carolina) was a prominent American evangelist and the founder of Bob Jones University (BJU), a conservative Christian liberal arts university in South Carolina. Jones was known for his unwavering commitment to Christian fundamentalism and for his strong stance against liberal and modernist theology and ecumenism. Jones was the 11th of 12 children born to William Alexander and Georgia (née Creel) Jones. His father fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War and was left injured from a wound he received at the Battle of ...(100 of 1084 words)

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