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Rhys Bevan Jones (19 September 1869 – 10 April 1933) was a Welsh evangelical preacher. He was the founding principal of the South Wales Bible Training Institute.

Jones was born in Dowlais, attended Pontypool Baptist College, and was ordained in 1893. He was involved in the 1904–1905 Welsh revival, and brought it to Rhosllanerchrugog. D. Densil Morgan and David Ceri Jones note that Jones' "reputation as a stern prophet of the divine wrath" was consolidated during the revival.

David W. Bebbington suggests that Jones was the "chief exponent of Keswick teaching in Wales," and notes that he experienced "total consecration" under the guidance of F. B. Meyer in 1904. Jones most likely also wrote the first Welsh language book on premillennialism.

References

1. Bebbington, David (2013). "Baptists and Fundamentalism in Inter-War Britain". Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism in the United Kingdom During the Twentieth Century. Oxford University Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-19-966483-2. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
2. "Fonds GB 0210 RBJONES - Rev. R. B. Jones Papers". National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
3. Morgan, D. Densil; Jones, David Ceri (2022). "Adapting to a Secular Wales, 1890–2020". A History of Christianity in Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 295. ISBN 978-1-78683-822-3. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
4. Bebbington, "Baptists and Fundamentalism," p. 102.
5. Bebbington, "Baptists and Fundamentalism," p. 103.

Further reading

• Gibbard, Noel (2009). R.B. Jones: Gospel Ministry in Turbulent Times. Bryntirion Press.

• 1869 births
• 1933 deaths
• Welsh evangelicals
• Seminary presidents
• People from Dowlais
• Founders of Welsh schools and colleges
• 19th-century Welsh Baptist ministers
• 20th-century Welsh Baptist ministers
• 19th-century Welsh educators
• 20th-century Welsh educators