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Don James  After ten years of Civil Engineering, six months as a literature evangelist, and then graduating from Pacific Union College with a Theology major, Pastor Don James entered the full time ministry in the Oregon Conference of Seventh-day Adventist. During the next eighteen years as a pastor, Don was fully immersed in giving Bible studies, felt need seminars, evangelism, and for the last three years focused on small groups which resulted in doubling church attendance and retaining 98% of the new converts. In 1990 he accepted a call to the North American Division Evangelism Institute to share his experience and teach the concepts of successful small groups in Adventism to pastors for the Theological Seminary at Andrews University. During the following years Don received his Doctor of Ministry Degree, and today teaches Small Groups, Affinity Groups, Holistic Small Groups, Cell Groups, Discipleship Groups, Evangelism, and Advanced Church Planting Techniques. Dr. James has written an Adventist Equipping System, Bible study lessons Jesus Our Savior and Jesus Our Lord and several sets of small group lessons on different books of the Bible. As a certified coach, Dr. James coaches several church plants and churches using small groups as well as coaching The Passage, a Discipleship Group model Church on the campus of Andrews University, which is for developing experience, confidence, and expertise for those going into the field to implement Discipleship Group Churches. Don and his wife, Ruth enjoy working as a ministry team. They have two sons and one daughter, and five grandchildren. |
