Jim Burgen is the senior pastor at Flatirons Community Church

Flatirons Community Church

Flatirons Community Church is a large non-denominational church in Lafayette, Colorado, a northern suburb of Denver, Colorado, USA.The church was launched in 1997 and grew fast, with 200 members by 1999 and 1,700 members in 2002....

, a non-denominational evangelical megachurch

Megachurch

A megachurch is a church having 2,000 or more in average weekend attendance. The Hartford Institute's database lists more than 1,300 such Protestant churches in the United States. According to that data, approximately 50 churches on the list have attendance ranging from 10,000 to 47,000...

 in Lafayette, Colorado

Lafayette, Colorado

The City of Lafayette is a Home Rule Municipality located in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the city population was 23,884 on 2005-07-01.- Geography :Lafayette is located at ....

, a northern suburb of Denver, Colorado

Denver, Colorado

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, USA.
The church was started by former pastor, Gil Jones in 2000 with about 200 members, and had grown to around 5000 members by 2004. Burgen inherited the church after Jones left in 2004.
The church had grown to around 7,400 members by 2010, and was continuing to grow.

Burgen is a graduate of Milligan College

Milligan College

Milligan College is a Christian liberal arts college founded in 1866 and located immediately outside of Elizabethton in Carter County, Tennessee, United States. The school has a student population of just over 1,100 students as well as a campus that is located just minutes from downtown Johnson City...

 and a youth ministry veteran.
He was road pastor to Christian bands Audio Adrenaline

Audio Adrenaline

Audio Adrenaline was a Christian rock band that formed in the late 1980s at Kentucky Christian University in Grayson, Kentucky. During the band's 17-year existence, they were awarded two Grammy awards, multiple Dove Awards and they released 17 number one singles. They were regular performers at the...

 and the O.C. Supertones, and then director of student ministries at Southeast Christian Church

Southeast Christian Church

Southeast Christian Church is located in Louisville, Kentucky and is an evangelical, Christian church. This Church is associated with the Christian churches and churches of Christ. Its Senior Minister, Dave Stone, assumed leadership of the church in 2006....

 in Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville, Kentucky

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He next became associate pastor at Southland Christian Church, Lexington, Kentucky

Southland Christian Church, Lexington, Kentucky

Southland Christian Church is an evangelical Christian church located in Nicholasville, Kentucky, which is just outside Lexington, Kentucky, United States. The church is located at the corner of U.S. Route 68 and Brannon Road in Jessamine County. It is associated with the Christian churches and...

before coming to Flatirons.
He attributes the church’s huge growth since being founded to its avoiding the "weirdness of religion" and instead providing a place to heal.
He says Flatirons identifies with all people, whoever they are and whatever problems they have, and offers an unconditionally loving and safe place. A favorite phrase when discussing problems is "me too".