Jim Offutt is a resident of Liverpool, NY.

Jim has been avidly involved with the study of anger in people’s lives for the past 15 years. In 1993, he was told by the Director of Teen Challenge to teach the students on how to better express and deal with their anger. From that beginning, Jim has researched anger in the Bible and has since read 20 Christian books dealing with anger while teaching on anger at Teen Challenge every other week. In addition, he attended conferences on anger from AACC and the Institute of Basic Life Principles. Through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Jim was able to develop new ways of expressing anger which yielded resolution and even peace between angry people. This has positively helped hundreds of Teen Challenge students and countless adults both men and women.

A graduate of Miami University (Ohio) with and AB degree and Jim earned an MBA in International Finance from Wharton Business School of the U. of Penn.. He served three years in the US Navy and then worked 29 years at Chase Bank. He volunteers with: Teen Challenge Syracuse where he is on staff, teaches and is in charge of mentoring; Teen Challenge Orlando, Fl. where he teaches during the winter; Syracuse Rescue Mission where he co-teaches a weekly Bible study; Word of Life A/G, Baldwinsville, NY and Faith Assembly, Orlando, Fl. where he teaches groups how to better express their anger.

Jim’s hope is that everyone learns the steps of positive anger and start using it their lives
and relationships. Additionally, he wishes that any teaching about anger would discuss positive anger.