Executive Pastor

Jim Collingsworth

Jim Collingsworth originally joined the staff of Antioch in 1993 as the Administrative/Associate Pastor and served in that capacity until September of 2000. After pastoring in Iowa for eight years, Jim rejoined the Antioch staff as Executive Pastor in December of 2008.

As the Executive Pastor, Jim manages the church and church staff on a daily basis. In doing so, he oversees the training and development of the staff, serves as the Chief Financial Officer and HR manager, and oversees campus development, strategic planning, and various pastoral duties.

Jim was born in Danville, Indiana, and lived in a suburb of Indianapolis until he was a freshman in high school, when the Collingsworth family moved to Houston, Texas. As a senior in high school, Jim met his future wife, Tammy (they met at a K–Mart!), who was instrumental in Jim coming to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ on September 28, 1981.

After graduating from high school in 1982, Jim went to Texas A & M University in College Station, Texas. It was there that he became convinced, through the study of the word and the encouragement of friends, that he should give his life to the Lord for full-time Christian service. Jim then left Texas A & M, married Tammy in 1984, and moved to Ankeny, Iowa in 1985 to attend Faith Baptist Bible College. Jim and Tammy both graduated from Faith Baptist Bible College in 1989. Jim served as a Church Planting Pastor at the Shawnee Hills Baptist Church in Portsmouth, Ohio, before coming to Antioch in 1993. In 2003, Jim graduated from Baptist Bible Graduate School of Theology in Springfield, Missouri, with a Master of Arts in Church Ministries. During his time ministering in Iowa, Jim served as the Senior Pastor of Valley View Baptist Church in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and most recently as the Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Perry, Iowa.

Jim and Tammy have five children: James, Annette, Lauren, Crysta, and Sarah.