Helping Pastors be More Effective

Coaching


Leadership


Preaching

Writing

Jim provides coaching services as his schedule allows. You can contact him to discuss availability.

Preaching

In addition to teaching homiletics for years, Jim has written several books on Preaching.

His sermons and sermon illustrations appear in WordSearch, Accordance and Logos Bible Software.

He provides training and coaching services that include:
  • Preaching for Transformation
  • Preaching the Narratives
  • Preaching with Impact: keeping the exact meaning and full impact of the scripture intact in the sermon.
  • Illustrating well.
You choose what you want to work on and we will provide video links for you to view the training, coach you in applying the teaching via video conferencing and then provide feedback after watching your sermon.


Leadership

A few years ago Dr. Wilson was conflict arbitrator for a church 2400 miles away. The distance was intentional. The church wanted a consultant far away from the State Convention’s flagship church to insure impartiality. When he arrived, he found the typical things you’d expect: less than ethical behavior, bad decisions, mistrust—it was all there. But what he didn’t expect was to discover that one of the sparks that ignited the conflict was a previous consultation.

It wasn’t that there were bad ideas in the consultant’s report; it was the approach of relinquishing pastoral control to an outsider that increased the tension. The church and pastor adopted the consultant’s report, and agreed to follow the recommendations, but when the pastor did not execute the plans to the leader’s satisfaction, things went south quickly.

Some pastors hesitate to use consultants for this very reason. The consultant breezes into town, talks to a couple of people, observes a worship service or two and then writes a report that creates a new set of expectations for the pastor to live up to. Now the pastor not only has the tyranny of deadlines and the whirlwind of activity, he also has a new set of expectations to meet written by an “expert.”

That’s why Dr. Wilson has moved away from consulting for churches to do coaching for Pastors. The coaching process can involve consulting services, serving as fresh eyes for pastors.

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Brief Bio

FreshMinistry's Jim Wilson started preaching when he was 17, became a pastor when he was 18 and served as a full-time pastor until he became a professor.  Today, he is Professor of Leadership Formation and the Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program at Gateway Seminary where he has served since 2006. 

Though a full-time member of the Seminary faculty, Dr. Wilson continues to serve the local church as a Teaching Pastor of Lakeshore City Church in Corona, CA  In addition, he is speaks at conferences, seminars, retreats and in other local churches.

Wilson is an award winning writer with hundreds of  pieces in print and the author, co-author or contributor to more than thirty books. Zondervan Academic, Broadman & Holman,  Lexham Press, Serendipity House, LifeWay, Weaver Book Company, Standard Publishing, and Tyndale House have published his work. His sermons and sermon illustrations appear in WordSearch, Accordance and Logos Bible Software.

Jim graduated with a BA from Wayland University and a MDiv and DMin from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. He has certifications as a Church Consultant from Society of Church Consultants. Transitional Pastor from LifeWay, and is a MBTI practitioner.