About Jim

Personal History:

Jim grew up in a sjim kim pic (2)mall town under the loving training of a dedicated father and a praying Mother. He came to know Jesus personally as a teenager. His wife Kim was blessed with a long heritage in the Christian faith. They married in 1976. After 43 years of marriage they have three sons, three daughters-in-law and seven grandchildren (of whom they will gladly show you pictures.) in 2015, Jim and Kim moved to Kim’s home town of Goldsboro, NC after years of living wherever God’s call took them. In addition to ministry, Jim enjoys golf, woodworking and playing with his grand kids.

Ministry Experience:

Jim entered full-time ministry very young. He became lead pastor of Cypress Chapel Church at age 19. After seven years of pastoring small town churches, Jim and Kim Harvesters Bible Collegefollowed God’s call to serve as missionaries to the Philippines. During those years, God blessed them to lead in the planting of 67 churches and the formation of two Bible Colleges.

In 1989, Jim and Kim moved their family to  Chesapeake, VA to launch Community Church at Western Branch, a church committed to reaching unchurched, unsaved people. During the nearly 25 years they led the church, it grew to into a cell-based church 34th Fasting Growing Church 2015with more than 4,000 active attenders. In 2014, after a three year succession process, Michael Brueseke assumed the role of Senior Pastor. The church continues to flourish under the new leadership.

 

In 2007, Jim founded the Acts 2 Network, a church planting movement dedicated to launching churches who are committed to restoring the dynamics of the original Acts 2 church in our times. A2N has a goal of planting 100 churches with 83 having been planted as of 2019. In 2019, Anthony Braswell took the reigns as Executive Director. Jim continues to serve as President of the Board of Directors.

 

Jim currently serves as the Senor Pastor of the Bridge, a multi-site church in Eastern North Carolina. He also serves as the National Coordinator of Church Planting for the International Pentecostal Holiness Church, Inc.

In addition to the education gleaned from 48 years of ministry, Jim holds undergraduate degrees in Business Administration and Religious Education, a Masters degree in Biblical Studies from Asia Pacific Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministries in Christian Leadership from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.