Dr. Tim Smith
Director of Adult Ministries
Tim grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of a United Methodist Pastor. A graduate of Tulane University and Perkins School of Theology at SMU, he also received his doctorate in Church Growth and Renewal from Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, CA.
Tim served in a variety of United Methodist churches throughout the New Orleans area for 28 years. He returned to Dallas in 2018. With 35 years of experience in ministry, he is also a certified Church Growth consultant and a Navigator for Church Unique, which facilitates revisioning for local churches. Tim’s spiritual gifts include leadership and teaching, and his strengths include visioning, strategic planning and discernment. His passion is adult discipleship and spiritual transformation and empowering the church to reach new people for Jesus Christ. Tim loves teaching the Bible, helping people to discern its original context and meaning and equipping them to apply it in their lives.