Timothy Project GiG
God is Good!
since 1985
Sharing the Gospel and Love of Christ with People of Diverse Cultures
Are you praying for Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Sudan ?
Your partnership can bring peace, the Bible, food, clothing, and happiness to children and displaced families in dire need.
"But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless." (Ps 10:14)
July 2, 2022 Dear friends. Yesterday the Advisory Council held its semi-annual meeting. Pastor Temesghen in Addis said Bibles are urgently needed as Tigray begins to open to humanitarian food aid. Sister Alice, who heads the Africa publishing Unit in Kenya, is looking into rapid production of reduced cost Tigrinya Bibles and New Testaments--both require large bulk orders. $10 can help us put a complete Bible and $5 a New Testament into the hands of millions in need of both bread and the bread of life. July is our "Tigrinya Bible Drive" month. Please help us achieve our goal of distributing 250,000 Tigrinya Bibles/ New Testaments!
Donald A. Church
April 8, 1934 - January 16, 2020
Donald Church, affectionately called "Bubba" by his friends, is the humble founder of Timothy Project. He was born on April 8, 1934, in Erie, Pennsylvania, the oldest child of Earl and Edna Church. Don moved with his family to Kansas in early childhood and grew up in the farming communities of Wetmore and Wathena in Northeast Kansas. A star athlete in high school, Don attended Wheaton College (Class of '57) majoring in Botany and was a member of the football and track teams. During his final year at Wheaton, his family moved to Redondo Beach, California. On one of his visits to California he met fellow Wheaton grad Ann Marie Stromberg ('56). They were married on August 16, 1958, and made their residence in Wheaton where Don joined the faculty at Wheaton College as a football coach, track coach, and a P.E. instructor. Don spent his summers (1960-1978) mentoring young men on the "Engineers" work crews at Honey Rock Camp in northern Wisconsin. Don was passionate about sharing the Gospel and encouraging Christians around the world through any means possible. He used track and field as a vehicle for doing this in countries like Mexico (1968), Nigeria, Senegal, Ethiopia, and Kenya (1972), Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Romania (1978, 1983, and 1986). He also introduced the Faculty Missionary Project at Wheaton College in 1983. Don was named Alumnus of the Year at Wheaton in 1986. He continued to coach Cross Country and Track at the College until his retirement in 1997. After his retirement Don enjoyed working on building projects for his friend Wayne Gordon at Lawndale Community in Chicago. He continued to travel to Eastern Europe to encourage Christians there. In the summers he enjoyed gardening at his riverside home in the village of Rural, Wisconsin. He is survived by his three sons David, Andy, and Tom; David's wife, Paulyn, and granddaughter Chelsea; Tom's wife, Alane, and grandchildren Chad and Alyssa; and Andy's husband Andrew Cook.He was preceded in death by his wife Ann (2015) and his grandson Joshua (2016).