He served as a circuit preacher in addition to his organizational efforts, becoming a respected figure in the region.
By age 15, Jones was a licensed circuit preacher for the Alabama Methodist Conference.
In 1790, he was ordained a deacon, and later, in 1793, he became an elder of the church and a circuit preacher.
Actually, he said, he is something of "a circuit preacher," responsible for 10 small mosques in the city and the suburbs.
His father was a circuit preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
The Sproxton congregation started in 1804 and was served by early circuit preachers.
Using the preaching methods popularized by the Methodist preachers, he became a circuit preacher.
Methodist meetings were held in members' homes as early as 1809, circuit preachers visiting the valley from New Windsor.
Margaret's father Temple Lea had been a Baptist circuit preacher.
The Wrights moved to Richmond, Indiana, where Milton served a circuit preacher once again.