The Rev. Dr. F. Timothy Moore, Cohort Mentor
Tim Moore holds the title Writer-in-Residence at Sardis Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he previously served as pastor for nearly twenty years. He writes a column, Practicing Congregation, for the Alliance of Baptists’ newsletter, contributes to the devotional guide Reflections (Smyth & Helwys), and provides liturgy for a worship resource at faithelement.net. The Spring 2021 issue of The Review & Expositor will publish his sermon, “Giving Up Privilege.” He regularly speaks at churches and institutions on the topic of his book, Practicing Midrash: Reading the Bible’s Arguments as an Invitation to Conversation (Wipf & Stock), which was published in Fall 2018.
Tim’s congregational ministry emphasizes creative worship and collaborative leadership. In two separate sabbaticals he studied four dozen congregations creatively adapting Christian worship and later researched pastoral leadership as spiritual guidance.
Dr. Moore currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Alliance of Baptists, the Board of Advisors for the Baptist House of Studies at Duke Divinity School, and the Board of Trustees of Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School. He previously served on the Board of Trustees at Mars Hill University, Mars Hill, North Carolina. He has extensive denominational service for both the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and the Alliance of Baptists.
Tim and his wife, Magay Shepard, a Vice-President and Certified Financial Planner for Stifel Nicholaus, are the parents of college-age triplets: Abby (American), Hannah (Emory), and Michael (UNC). A native of West Virginia, Moore graduated from Mars Hill College (B.S.), Andover Newton Theological School (M.Div.), Princeton Theological Seminary (D.Min.) and was ordained in the American Baptist Churches, USA.