Jim Ladd
Grace Community Church
303.792.7200
1. Number of years you have been a senior pastor?
I have been a Senior Pastor for a total of 12 years: 7 in a church plant, 2 ½ in a transitioning church in
2. Size(s) in average attendance of church(es) you have served as senior pastor?
Our church plant grew from 7 to 215 in 7 years; the church in
3. Number of years you have served as a staff/support pastor?
I served 5 years in Youth Ministry at 2 churches and as Senior Associate Pastor for 3 years.
4. Size(s) in average attendance of church(es) you have served as a
staff/support pastor?
I was Youth Pastor in
5. Maximum number of paid church staff you have served in a church where you were senior pastor? (include secretaries, pastors, janitors, etc.)
17
6. Type(s) of community(ies) you have pastored in? (for example- rural, urban, mountain resort, etc.)
Suburban church plant (
7. Briefly paint a word portrait of the church you are currently pastoring?
Grace has transitioned over time from Pensecola revival center to Purpose Driven/seeker sensitive. Now, in the past 2 ½ years, we have focused on becoming a believer focused/seeker aware church whose vision is “To see as many people as possible in as many places as possible as quickly as possible transformed by the Lordship of Jesus Christ”. We have a dream to plant at least one new church per year employing a wide variety of models.
8. Describe any special skills, experiences, challenges, hardships, etc.
you've had or have that you think would help build coaching credibility with leaders in similar situations?
Creating team cohesion in the board, conflict resolution in the staff, creating a compelling vision and getting buy-in from the congregation, music worship wars, cultural relevance vs compromise debate, team building and leadership empowerment, and priority matching within budgets, programs, atmosphere, culture, etc.
10. Current Ministry role: Senior Pastor, Grace Community Church, Centennial, CO
11. Previous ministry roles: Youth Pastor, Suburban Church Planter, Senior Pastor of rural church, Senior Associate Pastor in Suburban church and Senior Pastor in suburbs.(Air Traffic Controller, Sports Writer School Bus Driver and Sales Consultant in between, i.e. “church planter”)
12. Why Am I A Coach? Because coaching has the power to encourage and clarify a leader. I have been the recipient of great coaching and it has been in incredible personal help. I love pastors and want God to use me in any way possible to encourage them.