bio

lead planter
jim essian

jim grew up in detroit but traveled around with his family as his dad played and managed in professional baseball till he was 16.  jim’s own professional baseball career started at 18 and brought him to fort worth, tx to play for the fort worth cats where he met heather, the greatest gift God has given him besides Jesus.  they married in 2004 and are expecting their first child in november. heather and jim’s passion is to see Jesus glorified and lives transformed by the Gospel.

after eight years of professional baseball jim retired and entered vocational ministry as a youth pastor, men’s minister, and multi-media director at hopeworks church in fort worth until 2009.

for the past two years he has been a resident church-planting intern with cityview church in north fort worth.  cityview is an acts 29 daughter church of the village church in flower mound, tx.  jim has gone through an extensive eldership process at cityview and the elders are overseeing the paradox church’s launch.

contact jim here