Dean of Grace Cathedral Episcopal Church, San Francisco, California
The Very Rev. Alan Jones
The Very Rev. Alan Jones
The Very Rev. Alan Jones was dean of Grace Cathedral Episcopal Church in San Francisco from 1985 until his retirement in January 2009. Prior to joining Grace Cathedral, the Rev. Dr. Jones was Stephen F. Bayne Professor of Ascetical Theology and director and founder of the Center for Christian Spirituality at General Theological Seminary in New York City. A major Christian thinker and writer, Jones is the author of many books on spirituality, including Reimagining Christianity, Seasons of Grace, and Soul-Making: The Desert Way of Spirituality. He inaugurated Grace Cathedral’s Forum, an Internet broadcast talk program and model for Washington National Cathedral’s own Sunday Forum, in 1995.