W., Jim & Karen

Jim and Karen live and work in Dakar, Senegal, one of the largest and most influential cities in West Africa with a population that is 95% Muslim. At the invitation of the Presbyterian Church of Senegal, Jim has been working with the denomination to identify and train pastors for church planting through the Timothy House program—a two-year, residential, church-planter training program. Additionally, Jim is the team leader in Senegal, as well as MTW’s regional director for all of West Africa and serves as the chairman of West African Reformed Mission (WARM)—a partnering ministry that supports over 100 national missionaries working in West Africa. Working alongside Jim, Karen serves as Jim’s administrative assistant and also assists with women’s ministry and a girls home ministry, for girls at risk of being sold into a growing child trafficking industry.

Prior to moving to Senegal, Jim served as a senior pastor of a PCA church in Delaware from 1999–2017. In 2003 he began traveling to West Africa to build relationships, teach seminary classes and collaborate for ministry. Jim and Karen have six children, three sons-in-law, and one grandson.