Jim Tarr has been the Senior Pastor of Christ Community Church since 2008. Previously he served as Senior Pastor at Immanuel Chapel in Clearwater Florida.
Jim received his bachelors degree in biblical Greek from Clearwater Christian College in 1981. He then studied at the Baptist for Israel Institute in Tiberias, Israel while living on Kibbutz Ashdot Ya’acov Ichud. He returned to Israel in 1986 to study Hebrew in an Ulpan located at Kibbutz Gesher.
In 1987, Pastor Jim was married to Pam Driscoll in Clearwater, Florida. They have three children, Stephen, Jordan and Rachel. He lives on the Crystal River at Avalanche Creek. He loves living on the border of national forest and enjoys wandering in the wilderness area in the warmer weather and backcountry skiing during the snowy months.
Jim has a passion for Israel. He loves this land where he was able to study, live and work among the Jewish people. His time volunteering and living on a kibbutz is one of his fondest memories. He now enjoys leading groups to Israel for two week tours.
As the primary teaching and preaching pastor, Jim has a passion for sharing the Word of God. His desire is that people would have a living faith that goes beyond head knowledge and walks in the experiential reality of God’s presence, power and joy. His longing is to see those who don’t know Christ in the Roaring Fork Valley to come to Him and to see the that Body of Christ experience the outpouring and fullness of God’s Spirit.