Pastor Tim and his wife Karen married in 1986. They have six children and eleven grandchildren. Tim graduated from the University of Nevada in 1984 with a degree in Finance and worked for 10 years as a Financial Planner. From 1984 till 1992 he served as a lay leader in his home church, Las Vegas Bible Church. In 1992 he moved to Sun Valley, California to study at The Master’s Seminary (TMS) where he completed his M.Div. and Th.M. degrees (1995, 1996). During his time at TMS and Grace Community Church, Tim served as a Deacon, an Awana Commander, and also did some teaching as an adjunct professor at TMS. In 1996, he was called to be Senior Pastor at Anza Avenue Baptist church of Torrance, CA where he served for 10 years. From 2000-2018 Tim served as an adjunct professor at Irpin Biblical Seminary (Kiev), and presently serves as an adjunct professor at Grace Bible Seminary (Kiev). Throughout the years has taught in Russia, Germany, Mexico, Romania, and Myanmar. In 2006, he and his family moved to Colorado Springs to help found Front Range Bible Institute. Tim was called to be Senior Pastor at Mesa Hills Bible Church in April of 2011, and in 2016 he completed a Ph.D. from Baptist Bible Seminary in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania (Systematic Theology).