Our Purpose.

Statement of Purpose

Christlike World Ministries is a non-profit corporation whose purpose is to nurture Christian leaders and support disciples of Jesus Christ by providing books, newsletters, workshops, retreats, conferences, individual coaching, and the use of various social media platforms.

The ultimate goal is to encourage Christians to understand the ongoing process of discipleship and make the commitment necessary to become a part of a critical mass that will help grow a Christlike World. We believe the world will become a better place when more and more Christians turn Christlike goals into Christlike behavior.

Bishop James R. King, Jr.

Bishop James R. King, Jr. is a retired bishop of The United Methodist Church, having served from 2000 to 2016. He was elected to the episcopacy by the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference on July 12, 2000, at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, and assigned to the Louisville Area where he served until 2008, when he was assigned to South Georgia until his retirement.  

A graduate of the Interdenominational Theological Center (M.Div.), King served churches in Roanoke, Ala., and Richmond, Calif. He served over 6 years as director of the Wesley Foundation at Tennessee State University before being named associate director and then director of the Tennessee Conference Council on Ministries.

In 1984, he served as an evangelist on a mission team to Grenada, West Indies, and he served for ten years as pastor of Clark Memorial UMC in Nashville (1985-95). In 1996, he was appointed superintendent of the Murfreesboro District, and in 1999 he was named pastor of the 4,500-member Brentwood church. He is a five-time delegate to General Conference.  

James R. King, Jr. was born in Ashland, Alabama, and was ordained deacon and elder by Bishop W. Kenneth Goodson. He has a BA degree from Clark College (Clark Atlanta University) He has honorary doctorate degrees Rust College, Union College and Lindsey Wilson. He is the author of CLU – Christlike Love Unit and Disciple Line - a Way to a Christlike World.

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