Pastor Tim grew up in a mainline denominational church in rural North Carolina where he was influenced by a godly mother and a supportive father.

At the age of nine, Tim received Christ during a chapel service at the Christian school he attended for 11 years. After graduating from high school, he attended Liberty University (then called Liberty Baptist College), where he met his wife, Valorie. Pastor Tim credits much of his spiritual growth to his relationship with Valorie. Valorie is a California girl who attended Calvary of Costa Mesa during the early years under Pastor Chuck. Pastor Chuck married Pastor Tim and Valorie in 1983 and dedicated all three of their children, Jessica, Candace, and Rex.

God used these events to expose Pastor Tim to the style and ministry of Pastor Chuck and Calvary Chapel. During college, Tim began to minister as the special education Pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, VA. There, he learned much about patience in ministry and what ministry is really about. Tim pastored more than 100 developmentally disabled adults for over two years.

After college, Tim moved back to North Carolina where he became involved in the ministry of a local church as a Sunday School teacher. It was there that both Tim and Val became aware of God’s call on their lives. Tim became a licensed minister of the Calvary Chapel Association and began to provide pulpit supply in small churches and a prison ministry. In 1991, he served as interim pastor of a small church in Fremont, NC for six months, and God confirmed the power of the teaching of His Word in this small congregation. God then moved Tim and his family to Rocky Mount through his secular work. After a few months, God led the family to a young church that was very much the style of Calvary Chapels. There, Tim was loved and supported by the pastor and encouraged to utilize the gifts that God had given him. Val and Tim began to minister there in youth and children’s ministry. Once again God blessed them in miraculous ways.

Our supreme desire is to know Christ and be conformed to His image by the power of the Holy Spirit.

We are not a "denominational church," nor are we opposed to denominations as such, only to their overemphasis of the doctrinal differences that have led to the division of the body of Christ.

We believe the only true basis of Christian fellowship is Christ's (agape) love, which is greater than differences we possess, and without which we have no right to claim ourselves Christians.

We believe worship should be spiritual; therefore, we remain flexible and yielded to the leading of the Holy Spirit to direct our worship.

We believe worship should be inspirational; therefore, we give great place to music in our worship.

We believe worship should be intelligent; therefore, our services are designed with great emphasis upon the teaching of the Word of God that He might instruct us on how He should be worshiped.

We believe worship should be fruitful; therefore, we look for His love in our lives as the supreme manifestation that we have truly been worshiping Him.