Dr. Jim Truesdell
The Reverend Dr. James (Jim) J. Truesdell is committed to serving Christ and working to increase His Kingdom.
Jim is a graduate of Houghton College, where he received his B.S. in Biblical Studies in 1992 with minors in Missiology and History. He also received the Christian Service Award.
He received his Master of Divinity in 1998 from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary where he had extensive clinical pastoral education in hospitals, a prison, and other institutions.
Jim received his Doctor of Divinity in 2012 from Columbia Theological Seminary. His thesis was: Recovering Evangelism as Ecclesial Practice: South Highland’s Experiment with Prayer and Faith Sharing.
Rev. Truesdell served as solo pastor of three churches in Mississippi. First Presbyterian Church Amory, MS 1998 – 2002, Grace Chapel Presbyterian Church, Madison, MS 2002 – 2005 and First-Trinity Presbyterian Church, Laurel, MS 2005 – 2009. He then served as Associate Pastor at South Highland Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, AL 2009-2017, focusing on discipleship ministry, mission and community engagement.
In 2017 he was called to plant small house churches in the Birmingham area before becoming Frontier Fellowship’s Associate Director for South Asia. Frontier Fellowship invites believing communities to engage people groups where the Good News of Jesus and His Kingdom is not yet known. Jim worked with congregations in the U.S. as they engaged peoples in India and Pakistan.
A dedicated and curious home cook, Jim is fascinated by how food is a powerful expression of community, social location and culture. In his free time, he also enjoys camping and backpacking. He and his wife, Sonja, have been married for twenty-seven years and have a daughter, Emma, who is a sophomore at Auburn University.
Staff
- Margaret Lotz, Office Administrator
- Julie McNeese, Treasurer
- Erica Hand, Choir Director
- Alice Whitt, Nursery
