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Jimmy Chalmers
Speaker · Storyteller · Provocateur

Some want to be called a preacher.
I'd rather be called an amazing storyteller.

Jimmy Chalmers spent decades as a pastor — preaching multiple times a week, officiating weddings and funerals, standing in the most sacred and broken moments of people's lives. He has stood in more rooms than most people know exist — church pulpits and bar stools, stages of thousands and kitchen tables of five, street corners in Eastern Europe and ag conferences in the Carolina Piedmont. He talks about AI the way he talks about everything else: honestly, with grit underneath, and a story you won't forget.

Book Jimmy to Speak

The Blue Collar Renaissance is here. God's people cannot afford to back down or run away from this dramatic shift in technology. Someone has to tell that story. That's why I show up.

Rooms Jimmy Has Stood In
Church Pulpits — Nationwide
Eastern Europe Missions
Associate Pastor, Haiti
Wedding Ceremonies
Funeral Services
Ladies & Garden Clubs
Rotary & Ruritan Clubs
Sunday School Classes
Recovery Ministry
Street Corners & Bar Stools
Stages of Thousands
Agricultural Conferences
Community Centers
Ignite Events — Central NC
What Happens in the Room

Some have been bored to sleep. Others have probably been angry. But a few — and it's always been worth it for the few — have been inspired and encouraged to know God better, love and care for honeybees, or take the old and mundane and turn it into a life-changing memory. That's the goal. Every time.

What Jimmy Speaks On
The Blue Collar Renaissance
Why the most experienced people in the room are the most valuable people in the AI era — and what to do about it.
Faith & Technology
Why God's people cannot afford to back down or run away from the most dramatic shift in human communication since Gutenberg.
Wisdom as Advantage
Decades of embodied, hands-on experience aren't a liability in the age of AI. They're exactly what's missing from it.
The Bees & the Blueprint
Stories from fifty years of construction, ministry, and beekeeping — and what they taught about community, systems, and purpose.
Book Jimmy
Let's Talk About Your Event
Ladies club, church conference, Rotary lunch, recovery retreat, or something we haven't thought of yet — if there's a room and people in it, let's talk.