Jim Newsom is founder and executive director of Outward Focused International. Jim’s life includes 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 to his charge. 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. Since then, he has 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 had a hand in establishing 5 churches, 5 prison ministries, and has helped train 14 men for full-time ministry. This ministry has had an impact in middle schools, high schools, colleges, and military posts with his “Get Smart” drug presentation and his “The 3’D’s Of Drinking” presentation. He has ministered in prisons with his “Get Free Discipling Ministry” throughout the US, Canada, and the Bahama’s. He also ministers in Churches, Conference’s, men’s retreats, and youth retreats, with his message on “How To Move From A Maintenance Mode Into A Mission Mode.”

In Jim resides in Jeffersonville, IN with his wife, Diane.

To schedule Jim, you can email him at nuke035878@verizon.net or call him at (502)593-7612.