Dr. Bob Jones III is the chancellor of Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina. He grew up in a Christian home and trusted Christ as his personal Savior in his early high school years. He received a bachelor of arts and a master of arts degree from BJU. He has taken additional graduate work at Northwestern University and New York University and holds honorary doctorates from Pillsbury Baptist Bible College in Owatonna, Minnesota; San Francisco Baptist Theological Seminary in California; and Maranatha Baptist Bible College in Watertown, Wisconsin.
A third-generation preacher, Dr. Jones has been influential in Christian education and in the pulpit ministry. He has served in numerous capacities at Bob Jones University, including those of speech teacher, assistant dean of men, assistant to the president, and vice president. He was appointed president in 1971 and chairman of the Board of Trustees in 1998, the third to hold these offices since the University was founded in 1927 by his late grandfather.
He retired as president in May 2005 and was elected chancellor. He remains as the chairman of the Board of Trustees. Each year the Bible-believing minister receives more requests than he is able to fill for evangelistic campaigns, youth rallies, and other religious gatherings. His speaking engagements have taken him to all parts of the world.
He is married to the former Beneth Peters, and they have three children, and six grandchildren.

GREENVILLE, S. C. ...A native of Washington State, Mrs. Bob Jones III is the former Beneth Peters. She received the bachelor of arts degree in speech interpretation from Bob Jones University in 1959. She was then awarded a graduate assistantship in speech and completed the master of arts degree in 1961. She has also studied at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
A talented actress, Mrs. Jones has directed and appeared often in the well-known Sunday afternoon Vesper programs at BJU, as well as on University-produced, nationally distributed radio programs. In addition to directing productions for the BJU Classic Players, she has played leading roles such as Roxane in Cyrano de Bergerac, Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew, Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. She has been featured in several Christian films produced by Unusual Films, the University's motion-picture unit. Her latest role was in Sheffey, the award-winning film about Robert Sayers Sheffey, a circuit-riding preacher.
The courtship that later led to her marriage to Dr. Bob Jones III, chancellor of Bob Jones

University, began when Mrs. Jones portrayed Roxane and Dr. Jones played Christian in Cyrano.

They named their daughter Roxane. The Joneses also have two sons--Bob IV and Stephen--and

six grandchildren.

Mrs. Jones writes and records the feature Sunshine on the Soapsuds for the popular
radio program by the same name. Many of these articles have been compiled into three books, Sunshine on the Soapsuds, More Sunshine on the Soapsuds, and Lights on Main Street.
She has also written In the Best Possible Light, a handbook on Christian loveliness; Ribbing Him Rightly!, a book on Christian wifehood; Words Fitly Spoken, a booklet for public speaking; and The Wilderness Within, which addresses a woman's testings in emotions and attitudes. She has also co-authored With Heart and Hand, a manual for women in God's service, and Mount Up on Wounded Wings, a book for Christian women with hurtful home backgrounds. Recently released is her new video series Patterns for the Christian Woman.
Mrs. Jones speaks frequently at ladies retreats and seminars across the country. She is the co-instructor of The Minister's Wife class at BJU.