Jim Wallis Theologian, Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Wife, Books, Sojourners, and Net Worth

Jim Wallis Bio | Wiki

Jim Wallis is a renowned theologian, writer, teacher, and political activist in America. He is popularly known as the founder of the Washington Christian community of Sojourners and also the editor and founder of Sojourners magazine. He is known by many for his advocacy of social justice and peace issues. In addition, he is the leader of the Red-Letter Christian movement and worked as a spiritual advisor to President Barack Obama.

Jim Wallis Age

He was born in Detroit, Michigan, in the United States on June 4, 1948. Jim is 74 years old.

Jim Wallis Height

He is a man of above-average stature. Jim stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in (Approx 1.74 m).

Jim Wallis Family

He was born to his parents in Detroit, Michigan, in the United States. Jim was born and raised in a traditional evangelical Plymouth Brethren family by Phyllis née Morrell and James E. Wallis, Sr. He was active in the civil rights movement and in Students for a Democratic Society as a young man.

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Jim Wallis Education

Upon matriculating with his high school diploma, Jim joined Michigan State University. He graduated and enrolled at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Illinois. During his time there, he joined other young seminarians and they established the community that eventually became Sojourners.

Jim Wallis Wife

He is married to his loving wife Joy Carroll in 1997. His wife Joy is among one of the first women who were ordained in the Church of England and author of Beneath the Cassock: The Real-life Vicar of Dibley. Jim and Joy are blessed with two grown sons Jack and Luke. He served as Little League baseball coach for his two sons. During summer Jim has his vacations on Block Island in New Shoreham, Rhode Island where he frequently is an annual guest preacher at the historic Harbor Church, which dates to at least 1765.

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He also serves as the first Chair in Faith and Justice and leader of the Center on Faith and Justice in the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy. Jim has been a research fellow at the Berkley Center since 2010. Moreover, he regularly appears on radio and television shows like the “Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” the “O’Reilly Factor,” and “Meet the Press”. In addition, Jim is a frequent guest at ABC, CNN, MSNBC, Fox, National Public Radio, CBS, and NBC. He was also a teacher at Kennedy School of Government and Harvard’s Divinity School mostly on “Faith, Politics, and Society.”

Jim Wallis Books

He has written a number of books and was also recognized by the New York Times to be among the bestselling authors. Jim is the author of his 12 amazing books, his publications include:

  • Christ in Crisis? Why We Need to Reclaim Jesus in 2019
  • God’s Politics in 2005
  • America’s Original Sin in 2016
  • On God’s Side in 2013
  • The Call to Conversion in 1981
  • Rediscovering Values in 2010
  • The Great Awakening in 2009
  • Seven Ways to Change the World in 2008
  • Who Speaks for God? in 1996
  • Revive Us Again in 1983
  • Justice for the Poor in 2010
  • The Soul of Politics in 1995

Jim Wallis Sojourners

He is the founder of the Washington Christian community of Sojourners and also the editor and founder of Sojourners magazine. He joined other young seminarians in establishing the community that eventually became Sojourners. In addition, the Sojourners magazine whose electronic media and combined print have a readership of more than 250,000 people.

Jim Wallis Net Worth

He has worked as a professional writer, theologian, teacher, and political activist in the United States, there is no doubt he has attained a desirable fortune. Jim’s estimated net worth is $ 11.5 Million.

How Old Is Jim Wallis

Jim is 74 years old born on June 4, 1948, in Detroit, Michigan, in the United States.

Who Is Jim Wallis

Jim is a renowned theologian, writer, teacher, and political activist in America. He is also the editor and founder of Sojourners magazine and the founder of the Washington, D.C.-based Christian community of Sojourners.

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