Our congregation has had the privilege of proclaiming God’s sure truth of forgiveness and life through Jesus Christ since its founding in 1957. In a world of inconsistency and contradictions, we are blessed to have an island of stability and certainty. While the Word of God is the best source of stability, our members have found that mutual Christian love and concern have also remained prevalent among us.
Our Mission
The mission of St. Timothy Lutheran Church is to reach out with the joy of the Gospel to our community for the salvation of souls, to promote Christian life and fellowship, and to encourage one another in the true faith.
Just Who Are We?
St. Timothy Evangelical Lutheran Church is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod – the ELS (NOT to be confused with the ELCA) – serving the area in and around Lombard, Illinois. We have been around since 1957 (see our History).
We are a church that offers a message not only for the heart but also for the mind. This message centers on the person of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who entered history and by his suffering, death, and resurrection acquired forgiveness for all sins, provides new life and guidance, and grants the gift of heaven. Here the entire Bible is taught as the true Word of God and Jesus is offered as the only Savior in a desperate and dying world. This message is not only a conviction that is personally believed, but an objective truth that is defensible and brings strength, encouragement, and peace that are real and lasting to all who trust in Christ.
We teach and believe that God, through Word and Sacraments, offers to us these blessings Christ won for us. The Bible directs us to God’s Word and Sacraments so we do not have to be groping about wondering where we can find forgiveness, life, and salvation. These blessings offered through these means of grace then have to be personally received. The means through which we receive these offered blessings is not some work or virtuous trait within us, but faith alone – trust alone – in the person and work of Jesus Christ. This faith God himself creates within us by Word and Sacrament.
Our Pastor
Pastor David C. Thompson
Pastor David C. Thompson has been here since the summer of 2019. After attending Bethany Lutheran College (ELS), he was brought to the conviction that the Bible is the inspired and inerrant Word of God in all it teaches and that the Lutheran Confessions are the correct explanation of the teachings and events of the Bible. He was ordained into the public ministry in 1982 after graduating with a Master of Divinity degree from Bethany Lutheran Seminary (ELS) in Mankato, MN. His public ministry has included:
- Pastor at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Albert Lea, MN (1982-1988)
- Dean of Students and Professor of Religion at Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, MN (1988-2000)
- Chaplain and Executive Director of the Schwan Center – Bethany’s retreat center in NW Wisconsin – (2002-2005)
- Pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Audubon, MN from 2006 through July of 2014
- Pastor at Faith Lutheran Church in San Antonio, TX until June of 2019 when we called him to be our pastor at St. Timothy in Lombard, IL.
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