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Doug Jones

Met at: Whitestone Church, Georgetown, TX Met date: 2025-07-20 Role(s): CFO of Whitestone Church; Senior Financial Analyst at REA Last interaction: 2025-07-20

Contact Information​

Personal Background​

  • Originally from Edwardsville, Illinois (near St. Louis metro area)
  • Moved from Illinois to Georgetown, Texas specifically to be part of Whitestone Church
  • Married (mentioned "we moved")

Professional Background​

  • Primary Role: Senior Financial Analyst at REA
  • Church Role: CFO of Whitestone Church
  • Background: Investing and financial analysis
  • Previous Ministry: Was in ministry with Pastor Tauren Wells approximately 17 years ago in Illinois
  • Church History: Helped launch Whitestone Church on January 28, 2024

Expertise​

  • Financial analysis and investing
  • Church administration and leadership
  • Ministry operations and structure
  • Grant evaluation and risk assessment

Current Projects & Interests​

  • Leading operational aspects of Whitestone Church launch and growth
  • Building church infrastructure while maintaining excellence with rapid growth (approaching 2000 weekly attendees)
  • Exploring facility acquisition (current building lease)
  • Interested in grant opportunities, particularly for arts, sports, and special needs programs
  • Evaluating federal grant opportunities for marriage/family programs

Connections​

  • Tauren Wells (Pastor of Whitestone, 17+ year relationship from Illinois ministry days)
  • Dr. Kevin Hull (colleague at Whitestone Church)
  • Royal Taylor Band (connected through church in Illinois where the band was based)
  • Illinois Ministry Network (previous church in Granite City/St. Louis area)

Notes​

Doug serves as the practical, operational leader balancing Pastor Tauren's vision with realistic implementation. He describes Whitestone as "like a sumo baby was born" - massive growth requiring internal structure development while maintaining excellence.

Key Challenges:

  • Building organizational structure while experiencing rapid growth
  • Limited time and resources despite growth
  • Balancing vision expansion with current capacity

Church Vision Areas of Interest:

  • Arts programs and facilities
  • High-level sports programs (avoiding church vs. sports competition for families)
  • Special needs ministry (Champions Club already launched)
  • Marriage and family strengthening programs

Facility Goals:

  • Desires to purchase current leased building (multi-sport facility with dance studios)
  • Building perfectly aligns with church vision (arts, sports, special needs)
  • Recognizes significant funding gap between current capacity and purchase requirements

Transcripts​

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2025-07-20-gary-doug-jones-dr-kevin-hull-whitestone-church-meeting2025-07-20First meeting discussing federal grants, church vision, facility needs, and collaboration opportunities

Potential Collaboration Areas​

  • Federal grant applications for church programs
  • Marriage and family ministry development
  • Facility acquisition strategies
  • Trade school/vocational education programs
  • Community partnership development

Key Quotes​

  • "We launched on January 1st, January 28th, 2024. And I described like this sumo baby was born on that day and we're trying to build the skeleton inside of the baby"
  • "We believe that you shouldn't have to choose [between church and sports]. Why shouldn't the next Tim Tebow come out of a church culture?"
  • "God's math is different than our math, and so he already knows how, if this is to be our building"