Jim Herrington

Jim Herrington has been a pastor for 45 years. He has served as a denominational executive and pastor to pastors since 1989, when he first began coaching leaders. He has worked with hundreds of congregations from various traditions around personal and congregational transformation challenges.

In 1998, he became the founding Executive Director of Mission Houston, a ministry that worked to build unity in the body of Christ across lines that would normally divide it. In 2007, he co-founded Faithwalking, a spiritual formation ministry that equips people and congregations to live missionally. Today, Faithwalking is an active ministry in the U.S., Canada, and Central America.

Jim regularly speaks at conferences on spiritual formation, adaptive leadership, family systems, emotional maturity, and missional theology. He graduated from the University of Arkansas, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Houston Graduate School of Theology with a Doctor of Ministry in spiritual formation and spiritual direction. He is a graduate of the University of Arkansas, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Houston Graduate School of Theology with a Doctor of Ministry in spiritual formation and spiritual direction.

He is the co-author of three books: Leading Congregational Change: A Practical Guide to the Transformational Journey, The Leader’s Journey: Accepting the Call to Personal and Congregational Transformation, and Learning Change: Congregational Transformation Fueled by Personal Renewal.

Jim lives in Houston and has been married to his best friend, Betty, for 52 years. They have five children and six grandchildren.