Jim is the President of Metanoia Ministries. He is a leader, teacher, and skilled facilitator who has personally served hundreds of pastors and dozens of conflicted churches since 1994, including eight churches as an Intentional Interim Pastor—leading each church out of conflict into a living community of Christ.
Jim is a gifted speaker who has been featured on various radio and television broadcasts, including: In The Studio with Michael Card; Prime Time America, Open Line with Moody Radio; and the Church Communication Network with Christianity Today. He has led many workshops, seminars and pastor conferences across the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia.
Jim’s style of learning, teaching and leading springs from a dynamic spiritual discovery process guided by God’s Word, His Spirit, and His people rather than human technique or methodology. This interpretive approach leads from “why”—the theological and biblical principles underlying a topic—into “what” and “how” of applying Scripture.
Jim is the author of two books, Making Peace: A Guide to Overcoming Church Conflict (Moody Press 2002) and The Shepherd Leader (ChurchSmart Resources 2003). He has written and produced numerous resources on Christian leadership and biblical community, including Strategic Leadership Formation (ChurchSmart Resources 2003), a comprehensive spiritual character formation curriculum and Pathways to Peace: How to Conduct Church Discipline with Grace and Truth, (ChurchSmart Resources 2006).
Prior to founding Metanoia, Jim spent 17 years leading his own creative communications business serving leaders of national and international non-profit organizations.
Jim graduated from Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in both Theology and in Interpersonal Communications in 1978 and a Master of Arts degree in Cross-Cultural Communications in 1980.