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)
May 18, 2022 Dear friends. After more than 6 months of blockade, Tigray is re-opening to humanitarian food distribution. It will still be a challenge to get food to our 600 displaced children in Shire, Tigray. Once God opens the door, we will need $1/day for 600 kids or $18,000 per month. In 1 Cor. 16:2, the Apostle Paul exhorts the church in Corinth to follow the Galatian churches in setting aside an amount on the 1st day of the week for the church in Jerusalem. If you led to help the Kale Hiwot church in Shire feed the 600 displaced kids and orphans, please consider a weekly donation. Send questions/comments to timthyproject.info@gmail.com or text Dr. Paul
(630)885-8627
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).