Temple Reformed Baptist Church
“And He gave some...pastors and teachers,
for the equipping of the saints for the
work of ministry.”
Ephesians 4:11
OVERSEEING ELDERS
The Lord granted Timothy repentance and faith when he was 19 years old. After attending Bible college and meeting his wife Liz there, he started his first pastorate in eastern NC. He has also ministered in Honduras as well as the mountains of Virginia. During those times, God was constantly reforming him. On November 11, 2018 he was ordained as an elder at Trinity Reformed Baptist Church. Along with his pastoral ministry, Dr. Decker is also a professor of New Testament at the Blue Ridge Institute for Theological Education. He also adjuncts at Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary and IRBS Theological Seminary. He and Liz were married August 6, 2005 and have 4 children.
Pastor Atkins was converted to Christ at age 26 on July 31, 1994. The next year, he attended Liberty University’s two-year Bible Institute program. After graduating in May, 1997, he began seventeen years of serving as a shepherd to the Lord’s people in three Baptist churches: two in Virginia and one in Florida. During his ministry in Florida, Pastor Atkins came to embrace the Doctrines of Grace and Reformed Theology. On July 19, 2015 he entered his eighteenth year of ministry when installed as pastor of Trinity Reformed Baptist Church in Boones Mill, Virginia. Pastor Atkins and his wife Eva were married on October 10, 1998. They have four daughters and currently reside in Rocky Mount, Va.
Please pray that the Lord will provide us with Elders and Deacons