Johnny Jeffords served for 33 years under pastoral appointment in the United Methodist Church, most recently as Pastor at St. John’s United Methodist in Memphis. He chaired the Board of Ordained Ministry for the former Memphis Annual Conference. He was part of the creation of The Way, a ministry of recovery, at St. John’s UMC. He has been on the adjunct faculty at MTS in previous years teaching “The United Methodist Book of Worship,” “John Wesley and the Poor,” and “Accountability and Addiction: Wesley and Twelve Step Recovery.” He also served on the Board of The Methodist House of Studies.