About King Arthur Speaking

I am the Lead Pastor of The Transparent Church in Grand Prairie, TX. This is my personal page. It is focused on leadership and relationships. As a bi-vocational pastor for more than twenty-five years, I know how hard it can be to communicate, lead, and manage the vital relationships in your life at the same time while producing weekly sermons.

I speak and write on leadership, relationship, ministry successes and failures, and on occasion, ideas that don’t fit neatly into one of these categories. I also like sharing about resources that have been helpful to me in ministry and life.

My goal is to add value to you that will increase the chances of you remaining in ministry and enjoying a full life as I believe God has intended. If you are a pastor, preacher, leader, communicator, writer, or aspire to be, then this is the site for you.

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I am a native of Dallas, Texas, and a product of the Dallas Independent School District. I am both a graduate of Skyline High School and a former teacher there as well. I completed my undergraduate studies at The University of North Texas where I received a Bachelor’s degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management. I also hold a Master’s degree from Texas Tech University in Restaurant, Hotel, and Institutional Management. Before and after completing my formal education I gained experience in the hotel industry working with several hotel companies such as Richfield Hotel Management Co., Rosewood Hotels and Resorts, Fairmont Hotels, Hilton Hotels, & Harvey Hotels.

I left the hotel industry to teach hospitality management at my former high school and then continued my career in education at North Lake College as a professor of hospitality from 1999 to 2010. In the fall of 2010, I took a position in administration at North Lake College and have been in leadership as the Executive Dean of two of the college’s community campuses. I currently serve as the Dean of Business & Technology at South Campus of Tarrant County College in Fort Worth, Texas. I am also a past board member of the Hospitality Educators Association of Texas, the Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce, The Coppell Chamber of Commerce, The National Association of Branch Campus Administrators, and the Grand Prairie Boys and Girls Club.

As a bi-vocational pastor, I also have experience in being called to my first church The Dallas Christian Hope Baptist Church from 1996 – 2004 and understand the dynamics of a church planter as the founder of The Transparent Church in 2004.

I completed my first book with Trilogy Publishing. It is called Preaching Through Pain, What Every Preacher & Person Needs to know about Performing under Pressure (May 2018).

I am married to the lovely Patrice James and have two adult children Jonathan and Morgan.

In my free time, I enjoy golfing, reading, writing, and running.

You may contact me via e-mail or follow me on Twitter or Instagram @PastorArtJames or Facebook at simply Arthur James

This is my personal page. The opinions I express here do not necessarily represent those of my employer, Tarrant County College. The information I provide is on an as-is basis. I make no representation as to the accuracy, completeness, correctness, suitability, or validity of any information on this blog and will not be liable for any errors, omissions, or delays in this information or any losses, injuries, or damages arising from its use.

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