Jim, along with his family, moved from Mississippi north to Minnesota in his early teens. Pastor Jim has traveled to Singapore where he studied at Rhema Bible Training Center under the leadership of Pastors Toni and Patsy Cameneti. Jim worked in various areas at Living Word including Facility Maintenance, Accounting, Living Free Recovery Services, Maranatha Christian Academy as Athletic Director, and as Pastor Mac Hammond's Executive Assistant for two years. Pastor Jim was a basketball coach at Maranatha Christian Academy for over 17 years. He coached both the boys and girls varsity team and eventually took the Maranatha Girls Varsity to state, where they won two back-to-back Class A State Championships in 2011, 2012.

Pastor Jim has made over 50 trips to the country of Indonesia. It is his lifelong goal to see Living Word have an orphanage in Indonesia. Pastor Jim is the executive teaching pastor at Living Word's Brooklyn Park location.