Fr. Richard and Sr. Joy Jones

Fr. Richard Jones is the rector of The Uprising.

Sr. Joy Faustina Jones, his wife, works for the intercessory prayer ministry hotline of Oral Roberts University.

The couple have been Franciscan tertiaries for many years and are active in evangelization via contact with people in need and in "the pub" and in intercessory prayer ministry especially for the city of Tulsa and its people.