Baptist Missions: Working together, saving lives

Work summary

For the past 5 years we have been working at beginning a church in Galway. We have prayerfully made contacts anyway and everywhere we can.
In 2003 we were joined by Jason and Mandy Post, who are a great addition to the ministry. God has given us a ministry with students. During the university year we host events for them and we also hold a weekly Bible Study for university gals.
We meet weekly for Bible Study with a small group and have begun having worship services in a nearby hotel. Details and directions are online here.
We have hosted teams from the USA, who do prayer walking around Galway and make contacts which have lead to many opportunities for them to share Christ.

Background

Tim graduated from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, studied at Western Michigan University and then graduated from Western CB Seminary in Portland,Oregon. Worked as youth pastor in Michigan and Oregon before being appointed in 1975 as Church planters to Austria with CBInternational (now WorldVenture). Ministered in Austria for 22 years before transferring to Ireland in 1999. Joan worked as registered nurse in the USA before moving to Austria. Both Tim and Joan grew up in Michigan and met while at Moody Bible Institute.

Family

3 sons and 2 daughters. All living in Michigan. 4 grandsons and 4 granddaughters ages 9 months to 11 years.

Interests

Hiking the hills of Connemara; reading; history; fly-tying (Tim); touring

Prayer

Pray that we will continue to have good relationships with the contacts we have and that conversations will lead to the Gospel. Pray that God will lead us to sheep that the Great shepherd is calling. Pray for the small group of believers who are part of our church, that they will be wisely bold in sharing their faith. Pray that God will bring mature mission minded Irish and others to Galway City Baptist Church (our name). Pray that we will all grow in our spiritual walk with God.