About Jim Meisner Jr.

Jim Meisner Jr. spent nearly 35 years as a non-Christian.

Jim Meisner, Jr. is the author of the novel Faith, Hope, and Baseball: A Novel, and the Wright brothers biography, Soar to Success the Wright Way. He’s the co-author of American Revolutionaries and Founders of the Nation.

His new project is Table Talk: Jesus and a Modern Christian, a small group study guide designed to prompt conversations and deep thinking about our modern world.

Jim writes about faith on the fringe of the mainstream culture at www.faithonthefringe.com.

He earner his Master of Divinity from one of the oldest HBCU seminaries in the United States.

He appears regularly on stage and screen as an actor and as a pastor preaches on Sundays.

Here’s an excerpt of his faith journey:

I know the arguments against Christianity, because I probably said them. I made fun of Christians, pitied Christians and could clearly see how hypocritical too many so-called Christians were.

In late 2001, I found the Creator in Creation. Over the next months, I became a Christian.

I read the Bible on my own and clearly saw and heard something different from what preachers and other Christians usually say (including what claims to be Christian radio).

Today I follow Jesus.

I earned a Master of Divinity and have served as the pastor of two churches.

I created this blog and Facebook page, Faith on the Fringe.

Jesus gives us a better way to be, but too many judgmental Christians get in the way and drive people away from the message of Jesus.

I’m frustrated with both Christians and non-Christians who make judgments based on what they think the Bible says, rather than what it actually says. What they think the message of Jesus is, rather than what it actually is.

The authentic message of Jesus remains on the fringe of the faith and many spiritual seekers are on the fringe of the culture. Here they can find faith on the fringe.

Here’s a longer, more specific version of my faith story —

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