Jim Rosene

ROCKFORD, IL

President of Kids Around the World

Kids Around the World provided the first short term missionary trip from within our church in 2006. It was through this trip that we have partnered with a church in Guatemala.

The focus of Kids Around the World is building playgrounds in needy areas. They connect the playgrounds with local churches and train the nationals how to use the provided materials for the children such as flannel graphs. Jim has traveled to over 30 countries for training people for 2-3 weeks at a time and then keeps in contact with them to encourage and help them.

Jim Rosene lives in Rockford, Illinois with his wife Denise. They have two children, Jeffrey and Jenny. Jim has been the President of Kids Around the World for around ten years. Prior to that, he was the Pastor of Children’s Ministries at First Evangelical Free Church in Rockford for twenty years.