Roger Jones was born in Birmingham and trained at the Birmingham School of Music. He then spent 16 years at Aston Manor School in Birmingham teaching music, eventually becoming Head of Lower School. In the early 1970s he began writing songs for his School Choir about Easter, which emerged as a Cantata entitled ´Jerusalem Joy´ (1975). Her has now written 25 Musicals and several Collections and Psalms, Hymns and Songs. 

Roger and his wife Mary live in Lickey End, Bromsgrove, near Birmingham.  They have four children: Tim, Andrew, Peter (who tragically died in 2002) and Sally – and six grandchildren, all of whom live nearby.  Roger loves football and is a keen supporter of Birmingham City, and he can often be found at Edgbaston County Cricket Ground supporting Warwickshire.  More recently Roger has developed a love of radio, helping to host a weekly show called ‘Heart & Soul’ weekly on an internet radio site. Roger and Mary also love their visits to Weston-super-Mare, and delight in taking their dogs for walks on the beach.

In 1984, Roger gave up teaching to become involved in full-time Christian Music. In addition to writing and performing musicals, Roger also directs Christian Music Ministries (CMM) who now publish his material. The CMM team lead music workshops, conferences, courses and seminars about worship, praise and renewal throughout this country and abroad, as well as running a mail order service supplying music and worship resources. He has been involved in charismatic renewal since the 1970s, and has co-written “Spirit Works”, a book containing teaching and examples of the life and gifts of the Holy Spirit. 

When at his home church, Holy Trinity Lickey, Roger helps with the music in worship and as a licensed Lay-Reader regularly preaches and leads services.

In 2018 , the Bible Society awarded Roger the “Mary Jones Prize” for writing and performing the musical “Greater than Gold”, and  in 2019, Archbishop Justin Welby gave Roger the “Thomas Cranmer Award for Worship”.