About Evangelical Seminary

Tim is a grace-loving husband, father, pastor, seminary professor, conference speaker, softball player, and incurable Phillies fan. His research interests today include biblical studies, theology, apologetics, semiotics, homiletics, and cultural engagement. Once an NCAA Division 1 championship swimmer, he now just floats and blows bubbles.

Tim has been a professor at Evangelical Seminary since 2007, teaching a wide variety of Bible, theology, pastoral ministry, and student writing courses. He presently serves as the Assistant Th.D. Program Director and a Next Generation Apologetics Track Mentor in the Th.D. program. He also teaches online courses for the Huntington University Graduate Christian Ministry program and has written a variety of scholarly articles for theological journals.

Tim received a high school diploma from Reading High School, Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1983 (salutatorian); a Bachelor of Arts degree from West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, in 1988 (English); a Master of Divinity degree from Evangelical Seminary, Myerstown, Pennsylvania, in 1995 (summa cum laude); a Doctor of Ministry degree from Southern Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, in 2009 (expository preaching); and a Doctor of Theology degree from Evangelical Seminary, Myerstown, Pennsylvania, in 2022 (biblical theology).

His first round of doctoral work focused on the place and preaching of Old Testament law for Christians. “When I come to the law of God, I encounter the God of the law. My desire in this sacred meeting is to discover his character and then allow that character to shape my own by the power of the Holy Spirit. His law is not graceless, and his grace is not lawless.” Tim’s second round of doctoral work focused on the history, significance, and intertextuality of the veil in the temple, a cultic spatial icon that was torn from top to bottom when Jesus died on the cross.

Tim has served in pastoral ministry since 1992, and currently serves as the Lead Pastor of Christ Community Church in Myerstown, Pennsylvania. His passion is to teach and preach the Scriptures in such a way that seekers might be captivated by the gracious character of God, and disciples might be transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit. His calling to gospel ministry is best summarized in the apostolic mandate: “Tell the people the full message of this new life” (Acts 5:20).

Tim and his wife Sonya reside in Myerstown, Pennsylvania. They have a son, Andrew, and a daughter, Bethany, and a son-in-law, Micah.