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* Johnathan Walton of ''Watch This!'' explained, "Whether Jones was a healer or not his place in popular culture in the 1950s was indisputable. This self-proclaimed seer and radio evangelist was favorably featured in such publications as [[Ebony (magazine)|''Ebony'' magazine]], [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' (magazine)]], [[Life (magazine)|''Life'' (magazine)]], ''[[Newsweek]]'', and ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]''.<ref name="Prophet Jones & Black Televangelism">{{cite book|last=Walton|first=Johnathan|title=Watch This!: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Black Televangelism|year=2009|publisher=NYU Press|pages=70–74}}</ref>
* In the 1940s and 1950s Prophet Jones had mass acclaim, affluence and influence in the black religious landscape in many cities.<ref name="Prophet Jones & Black Televangelism"/>
* Images of Prophet Jones in magazines & on television in 1955 sitting on his throne, with gold jeweled fingers and wrist, draped in an ankle-length white mink coat atop sparkling robes may have aesthetically impacted the likes of [[Rev. Ike]] and gospel singer 'King' [[Solomon Burke]] of Philadelphia the former twenty years old and the latter sixteen at the time, as well as others. Some, like Bishop King [[Louis H. Narcisse]] of Mt. Zion's Spiritual Temple in California, considered Prophet Jones a 'divine predecessor'. ''The African American Religious Experience in America'' by Anthony Pinn states: "... Within the United States, particularly in the Detroit area, Jones is still mentioned in spiritual circles and spiritual leaders trained by him continue to be somewhat prominent in the Spiritual Movement."
* Prophet Jones' Detroit followers continue to worship and fellowship at the [[Church of Universal Triumph, Dominion of God]] Headquarters, Thankful Center Number One located at 1651 Ferry Park, Detroit, Michigan 48206 .
* Famous gospel singer, Professor [[Alex Bradford]] (1927–1978) as an adolescent was a follower of Prophet Jones.<ref name="Professor Alex & Prophet Jones">{{cite book|title=All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues|year=2003|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|page=65|edition=revised|editor1=Vladimir Bogdanov |editor2=Chris Woodstra |editor3=Stephen Thomas Erlewine }}</ref>
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