Rev. Timothy Poston

Pastor Tim Poston  began his call at St. Philip on January 1, 2020.
After  graduating from Garner Senior High School, Pastor Tim graduated from Davidson College with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion, followed by Yale Divinity School with a Master of Arts in Religion (in Historical Theology), and the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia with a Master of Divinity.  He served his year of internship at Genesis Lutheran Church in Detroit, MI.

Pastor Tim served as the Pastor/Redeveloper of Mediator Lutheran Church in Philadelphia, PA; as Pastor of Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Hiram, GA (outside Atlanta); and as Pastor/Mission Developer of Joy of Discovery Lutheran Mission in Raleigh, NC. He also served a year-long C.P.E. (Clinical Pastoral Education) internship — as a hospital chaplain — for Emory University Healthcare in Atlanta, GA.

Pastor Tim has served in many capacities throughout the larger church: he has served on Synod Council (for the Southeastern PA Synod), as the Dean of the Central Philadelphia Conference, and was elected to ELCA Church-Wide Assembly three times. He has served on the Yale Divinity School Alumni Board, the Urban Theological Institute Committee of Advisors at LTSP, and as Adjunct Faculty at LTSP. He has served on the Lutheran Settlement House board (in Philadelphia), has served as the Field Education site supervisor for 11 ELCA seminarians who are now ordained pastors, and currently serves on the ELCA’s Spiritual Renewal Team, which calls on him to preach revivals around the country. He serves currently on the NC Synod’s African Descent Strategy Team and Committee on Discipline. In Raleigh, he has lead worship services at the NC Women’s Prison, the Tammy Lynn Center for Developmental Disabilities, and St. Augustine’s University on a regular basis.

He has two sons who are the apple of his eye: Grant and Tristan.