Church Ministry Development

Jim Book is our Associate Director of Church Ministry Development. In this capacity, Jim’s primary responsibility is to work directly with local congregations to assist their efforts to expand externally to accomplish new ministry opportunities. He is available to partner with local church ministers, elders, and congregations to develop externally focused ministries which best fit their locality and context. In addition, he can also provide personal coaching, leadership development, and vision casting services to local church ministers and elderships.

With over thirty years in located ministry, Jim brings to the CRA a wealth of experience perfectly suited for this role. He is truly a master at taking a vision for ministry expansion and turning it into reality. The congregations he served in Florida launched numerous externally focused ministries — college campus ministries, homeless and disadvantaged outreach, Christian schools, weekly jail ministry, multiple language group Sunday morning worship services, upwards basketball youth outreach, Celebrate Recovery programs, and more. Jim has the unique ability to take any outreach possibility and turn it into a fully functional, successful ministry.

If you would like additional information about how you can work directly with Jim to achieve even greater ministry victories, contact him directly at jim@thecra.org