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Reverend Doctor Timothy E. Tyler was appointed Senior Pastor of Shorter Community A.M.E. Church on Monday, October 27, 2008 by the Rt. Rev. Theodore Larry Kirkland, Presiding Prelate of the Fifth Episcopal District.
Saved at the age of eight and answering the call to the preaching ministry at age 16, Dr. Tyler earned a Doctorate of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio; a Master of Divinity degree from the Interdenominational Theological Seminary (ITC and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mass Communications/Journalism from Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia.
“I can remember when I first accepted my call to ministry. Feeling a little unworthy, one of the seniors in the church walked up to me and gave me a hug. She told me she was praying for me. That’s when I felt the grace of God telling me it was going to be alright.”
The Reverend Tyler is a former Adjunct Professor of Homiletics at the Claremont School of Theology in Claremont, California and is presently an adjunct professor of Congregational Studies at Eden Theological Seminary. In this position, he brings extensive experience in both pastoral and community ministry.
Dr. Tyler is the Dean of Instruction for the Fifth Episcopal District and Dean of The Board of Examiners for the Missouri Conference. His former pastor charges include: Wayman A.M.E. Church in St. Louis, Missouri; Johnson Chapel A.M.E. Church in Santa Ana, California; Christ Our Redeemer AME Church in Kansas City, Missouri; and Wilkes Chapel A.M.E. Church in Atlanta, Georgia. .
| Dr. Tyler was recognized as one of “Twenty to Watch” by the African American Pulpit Magazine. He was elected the youngest ministerial delegate to the A.M.E. Church General Conference from the 5th District in 2000; received the Orange County NAACP Clergy/Citizen Community Service Award in 1997; and was Congress of National Black Churches Ministry Fellow in 1991. |
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Dr. Tyler has two beautiful children; a daughter Imani, and a son Chinelo. He is the son of Bishop Carolyn Tyler Guidry, Presiding Prelate of the Eighth Episcopal District (www.8thdistrictamec.com) and the late Cary Bernard Tyler. | |
To God be the Glory, for the things He has done!
