James Brooks, DMin, has served at LCHC since 2013, most recently as the Chief Ministry Officer and Vice President of Mission & Community Engagement. His experience as a healthcare leader is complemented by nearly 20 years of faith-based leadership experience in church ministry. He served as the Director of Youth Ministry at Grace Lutheran Church and School for eight years before serving as Senior Pastor at Harmony Community Church for the past eleven years.

Brooks is a summa cum laude graduate of Concordia University where he majored in Organizational Management. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Northern Theological Seminary where he was the first Dr. John Perkins Scholar graduate. Additionally, Brooks completed his Youth and Theology Certification at Princeton Theological Seminary and Clinical Pastoral Education unit at the University of Illinois Medical Center.