Pastor Bio

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Sunday Mornings: 9:00 a.m. Sunday School - 10:15 a.m. Worship Service

First Church of Lima Leadership

First Church of Lima is blessed to have a leadership team who are truly dedicated to Christ and accomplishing His will. Following are brief bio's of our leadership team and their qualifications for ministry.

Rev. James Smith

Pastor

I am 45 years old and have been married for 21 years to my beautiful wife, Tiffany. I have three children, Elijah 17, Rebecca 16, and Josiah 13. I enjoy spending time with my children playing games. My youngest is a computer programmer like myself, so I enjoy seeing the latest code that he has figured out.

I started on my journey in ministry by attending Elim Bible Institute. I Studied Biblical studies for 3 years. When I was working on an Internship during the summer breaks at my home church at Christian Assembly in Children's ministry I met my future wife Tiffany. 

About a year after being married I started working bi-vocationally at a Church in Westerville, Ohio for 8 years. I was involved in all parts of ministry and learned many lessons in leadership.

From there I took a sabbatical for a few years. In 2001 I took on the role of Interim Pastor of Radnor United Church of Christ while the Senior Pastor was out with health issues. 

After this I took on the leadership of the Children's ministry at The River in Delaware Ohio up till this July of 2023 where I landed at First Church of Lima. 

I enjoy going to Seminary learning about the theological and Historical studies. I like to read collateral reading about church history on my free time. My favorite part of church history to study is the Reformation. So many changes to both the Protestant and Catholic churches took place that helped reform the church for the better and made it accessible to the common person.

I look forward to leading First Church into the years to come.



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I am 45 years old and have been married for 21 years to my beautiful wife, Tiffany. I have three children, Elijah 17, Rebecca 16, and Josiah 13. I enjoy spending time with my children playing games. My youngest is a computer programmer like myself, so I enjoy seeing the latest code that he has figured out.

I started on my journey in ministry by attending Elim Bible Institute. I Studied Biblical studies for 3 years. When I was working on an Internship during the summer breaks at my home church at Christian Assembly in Children's ministry I met my future wife Tiffany. 

About a year after being married I started working bi-vocationally at a Church in Westerville, Ohio for 8 years. I was involved in all parts of ministry and learned many lessons in leadership.

From there I took a sabbatical for a few years. In 2001 I took on the role of Interim Pastor of Radnor United Church of Christ while the Senior Pastor was out with health issues. 

After this I took on the leadership of the Children's ministry at The River in Delaware Ohio up till this July of 2023 where I landed at First Church of Lima. 

I enjoy going to Seminary learning about the theological and Historical studies. I like to read collateral reading about church history on my free time. My favorite part of church history to study is the Reformation. So many changes to both the Protestant and Catholic churches took place that helped reform the church for the better and made it accessible to the common person.

I look forward to leading First Church into the years to come.



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