Jim Van Yperen

JIM VAN YPEREN (B.A. ,Wheaton College; M.A., Wheaton Graduate School) is the Founder and Executive Director of Metanoia Ministries, a non-profit Christian ministry serving evangelical churches in conflict reconciliation and leadership formation. He has served hundreds of pastors and dozens of conflicted churches in the past decade, including serving five churches as an Intentional Interim Pastor. Jim is the author of Making Peace: A Guide to Overcoming Church Conflict. He has also published numerous articles on leadership and church conflict resolution. Jim and his wife, Sharon, reside on a small sheep farm in East Washington, New Hampshire. They have two adult children.