Our Staff
Pastor Jim Mcclaren
Jim has been serving churches big and small since 1981, primarily in the Cleveland and Akron area of Northeast Ohio. In 2011, Jim left the United Methodist Church to join the Evangelical Covenant Church for the opportunity to be involved in church planting. Since then, he has been involved in 3 church plants on the West Side of Cleveland. A church planting axiom is you reach who you are. A baby boomer from Ohio, Jim moved to Naples to work with all the other baby boomers from Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and other places up north.
Jim is from near Youngstown, Ohio, and Gail is from Akron, Ohio. They met at Bowling Green State University, graduated one weekend, and got married the next. Jim got a Master of Divinity Degree from Oral Roberts School of Theology, and Gail got a PHT (Put Hubby Through). Jim also got a Doctor of Ministry Degree from the Methodist School of Theology in Ohio. He is the author of Coffee with Matt & Joe. They have four adult children: Kate, Dan, Scott, and Tim. They have two grandchildren so far, Alex, Amelia and Aliyah Grace. In their spare time, they enjoy the beach, not shoveling snow, and Jim hasn’t been able to stop rooting for the Cleveland sports teams.
