Pastor Tolle de la iglesia en el camino

Pastor Jim Tolle is the Senior Pastor of The Church On The Way, where he oversees the growing English and Spanish-speaking congregations. Previously he served as an associate pastor to Dr. Jack Hayford, author of the widely known song, Majesty.

After having served with the United States Army in Vietnam, Jim trained for ministry at LIFE Pacific College, graduating in 1979. In the ensuing years he served in Colombia and Argentina, establishing churches and training leaders. Just prior to his current tenure at The Church On The Way, Pastor Jim was the director of an international missions organization. He is also an instructor at The King's College and Seminary where he serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees. He has a daily radio program as well as a weekly television program.

Jim's partner in life is Alice. He says of her, "When you talk to Alice, you never have to 'sort it out'. She's pure, non-complex, honest, and encouraging." Alice, also an ordained minister, leads the congregation's Women's Ministry and sits on the board of directors of the church's community development organization. In her spare time, she would secretly like to take her roller-blades out of retirement! The Tolles have a strong family life, four grown sons, and love spending time with them and their children. When possible, Pastor Jim enjoys fishing, surfing, playing basketball, and reading.

From his basketball coach he learned to apply one of the Apostle Paul's most important principles ... When you fail, don't give up, get up! When you succeed, don't rest on your accomplishments ... share them with others ... "forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13-14)