About
A word concerning jim newsom
Jim Newsom was the founder and executive director of Outward Focused International. Jim’s life included being expelled from high school, drug abuse, and criminal activity ranging from purse-snatching to armed robbery. Having been dishonorably discharged from the armed forces, Jim was ultimately charged and convicted of second-degree murder.
On July 26, 1972, Jim surrendered his life to Jesus Christ. The next morning, he turned himself into the local authorities, confessed to his crime and pled guilty. While in prison, he was instrumental in starting a prison church that is still in existence today. Having served eight years of a 30-year sentence, Jim was released in 1980. After his release he served as a youth minister, associate pastor, and senior pastor in several churches.
In September 1983, a group of businessmen in Orlando, Florida asked Jim Newsom to relocate to their area to start a ministry that would minister to the least, the last and the lost. Since 1984, Outward Focused International has helped establish five churches, five prison ministries, and has helped train fourteen men for full-time ministry. This ministry has had an impact in middle schools, high schools, colleges, and military posts with Jim’s “Get Smart” drug presentation and his “The 3D’s of Drinking” presentation. We have ministered in prisons with Jim’s “Get Free Discipling Ministry” throughout the United States, Canada, and the Bahamas. Jim also ministered in churches, conference’s, men’s retreats, and youth retreats, with his messages on “How to Move From a Maintenance Mode into a Mission Mode.”
In June 2024, Jim left this earth to join his Lord. His wife, Diane Newsom is now the executive director and oversees the ministry’s day-to-day operations.
To contact Diane concerning the ministry, you can email her at newsom035878@gmail.com or
leave a message for her at (502) 593-7614.