Our History: Proactive Ministries was founded by the Rev. Jim W. Hollis in June of 1993. Proactive is a 501.c.3, not for profit, religious ministry. Proactive was started with an original Board of Laity and Clergy. Rev. Hollis was the original Staff person. The ministry quickly grew to work with multiple churches, districts and conferences primarily in the area of outreach evangelism. Within a year, Rev. Hollis and the Board felt the need to diversify the ministry reach of Proactive to include Leadership Development, Conflict Resolution and several other key areas of teaching and training with churches who felt they were not ready to launch into evangelism ministry due to other pressing needs.
Across the past fourteen years, Proactive has grown to work with more than 900 congregations, across 40 states in the United States, with more than 40 Annual Conferences of The United Methodist Church as well as 8 other Christian denominations. Proactive has seen thousands of lives changed through its diverse ministry of consulting, teaching, training and coaching with churches and districts across the years. Many congregations have experienced spiritual renewal through its ministries with them. |
