Jim Hodges is the founder of the Federation of Ministers and Churches, a relational, apostolic network of ministers, apostolic teams and local churches across the nation. Having ministered in over 40 nations, Apostle Hodges serves the Body of Christ internationally as a teaching apostle with a passion to see the Body of Christ fully established.

Jim has tremendous revelation of how the apostolic expression of Christ is being poured out on the Church, and how the apostolic gift functions both translocally and within the local assembly.

He is a graduate of Wheaton College and Central Baptist Theological Seminary, and he served as Bible instructor and missions director for 10 years at Christ For The Nations Institute in Dallas, TX. Jim founded and pastored two churches. He and his wife Jean now reside in the Dallas area.