Celebrating 41 years of ministry, the Reverend Doctor Keith Ivan Jones, is excited to serve as the Senior pastor of Norfolk’s Shiloh Baptist Church.  He began his Shiloh journey after more than more than 28 total years of military service as a Quartermaster Officer, Army Chaplain, Director of Counseling at Hampton University, and as a Baptist pastor.

He seeks to enable the saints at Shiloh to impact the Hampton Roads area for the Kingdom of God.  He leads the church in various community focused ministries that cause the embodiment of Shiloh’s vision, “A Beacon of love, serving Christ by serving people” and speak of Shiloh’s commitment to social justice.
As a military chaplain, Reverend Jones was nominated by the Chief of Chaplains to serve as Pastor of the United States Army War College Memorial Chapel, the Army’s premier pulpit. He held military positions of ever-increasing responsibility, including assignments to the Ninth and Third infantry divisions, the First Calvary Division and as the Division Chaplain for the 25th Infantry Division and the Army of the Pacific.  Selected for promotion to Colonel, Dr. Jones culminated years of military service to accomplish other ministries including marriage and family workshops and mental health first aid training, leadership development and other topics. His passion is for Biblical teaching and helping saints grow in God’s grace.  Published in the Military Chaplain’s Review and other pastoral care journals, he is experienced in youth ministry, and trained and professionally certified in ministry to marriage and family, resource management, suicide intervention, organizational effectiveness, crisis intervention, domestic violence intervention and clinical pastoral counseling.  He holds many military and civilian awards and sits on several boards of not for profit organizations.

A proud graduate of Norfolk State University, where he is a member of the Executive Board of the NSU Foundation and a Senior Fellow for the NSU Honors College. He also serves as the 57th President of the Tidewater Metro Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Virginia.   Pastor Jones also earned a Master of Education in Counseling from Virginia State University, a Master of Divinity from the School of Theology at Virginia Union University and a Doctorate of Ministry in Marriage and Family from the Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Eastern University, in Philadelphia.  Keith has two gracious daughters, Hannah and Adrienne.  Dr. Jones is a dedicated servant of God who loves the Lord and God’s people.