In July of 1975 they married. Tim transferred to Ohio Northern University in Ada, OH where he graduated two years later with B.A. in Psychology. Those two years Pastor Tim and Beth served a student pastorate, Bluffton Trinity United Methodist Church. After graduation Tim began seminary at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, KY. A year later he transferred to Melodyland School of Theology in Anaheim, CA where he completed a Master’s Degree. MST was a school at the center of the Charismatic Renewal Movement. During those California years Beth and Tim attended and served in Christian Life Church of God (Cleveland, TN) in Irvine, CA under Pastor Floyd McClung Sr., who exposed them to Youth With A Mission (YWAM).
Upon graduation from MST, Tim and Beth moved back to Ohio. Tim was appointed to serve Melrose UM Church near Defiance, OH for three years while he earned his Master of Divinity at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, OH in 1983. In 1984, Tim and Beth joined Youth With A Mission (YWAM) in Amsterdam, Holland, first completing their Discipleship Training School and outreach in Liberia, West Africa. Following the DTS, Tim became the DTS Director under Floyd McClung Jr. After three years in Holland with frequent travel in Africa, Mexico, and Western Europe, Tim and Beth returned to the USA to serve as Assoc. Pastor at Mills Memorial UMC in Lancaster, OH for three years while he completed his Elders Orders in 1988.
Other appointments were at Etna UMC for almost 10 years, Sharonville UMC for 3 years, and then Van Wert Trinity UMC for 9 years before being appointed to serve Pickerington Trinity UMC in July 2011. In June 2009 Tim earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Ashland Theological Seminary writing his dissertation in the area of Spiritual Formation and Leadership on "The Renewal of the Local Church by Using Short Term Mission Experiences that Promote Spiritual Formation".
Beth and Tim have 4 children: Rachel (Steve) Wolverton serving as a Youth Pastor at Galatin First UMC near Nashville, TN. Matthew who has served as a missionary for YWAM. He has been in missions in the following countries Mexico, Cuba, Spain, Morocco, and India. He has also served as a local pastor in Northwest Ohio and is currently TFL’s young adult/family minister. David (Valerie) is a Fourth Grade school teacher in Asheboro, NC and is very active in his church and as a soccer coach. And, Jonathan is a student at Indiana Wesleyan University, also having completed a DTS in YWAM Montana and outreach in Turkey.