Jim Pendleton

Director of Global Missions

Jim was born and raised in Lawrence, Kansas. After graduating with two degrees in Agriculture from Kansas State University, he and his wife spent two and a half years in northern Nigeria with SIM, working with the local SIM-related church. There, in Hausa, he taught local farmers that we are all stewards of God’s resources and worked with them to improve their agricultural techniques and practices. Upon returning to the US, he spent thirty years working in agricultural real estate, particularly in making large loans on farmland. He has been the Director of Global Missions at First Evan since September of 2017 after spending a number of years on the First Evan Missions Board. Jim and Barbara have three children and eleven grandchildren.