Dr. Timothy Savage, Senior Pastor

Trusting Jesus as Lord and Savior as a teen, Pastor Tim was redirected by the Lord as a collegian from the pursuit of law to full-time Christian ministry. His passion now is to shepherd men and women, boys and girls, to completeness in Christ and to see the local church become a radiant beacon of Christ`s self-giving love in a world that is often loveless and dark.

Born and raised in north San Diego County, and educated at San Diego State University (B.S., Finance), Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M., New Testament) and the University of Cambridge (Ph.D., Classical Archaeology and Pauline Epistles), Pastor Tim came to CBC as our Senior Pastor at Christmastime, 1988.

Prior to his call to Camelback, Tim was an Assistant Pastor at Eden Chapel in Cambridge, England, the Youth Pastor at Northwest Bible Church in Dallas, Texas, and program staff for youth ministry at Forest Home Christian Conference Center in Forest Falls, California.

Tim and Lesli were married in June of 1980. Lesli has home educated their two sons – Matthew, who has recently graduated from Stanford University, where he earned All-American honors as a golfer and helped his team win the 2007 Division I National Championship and Jonathan, who is an avid guitarist, enjoys all sports and is a flourishing sophomore at Wake Forest University in North Carolina.

In 1996, Cambridge University Press published a revision of Pastor Tim`s doctoral thesis entitled Power Through Weakness. The book, now available in paperback, is in its third printing. He is currently working on a book on Christian marriage.

Pastor Tim loves to study and preach God’s word, to fellowship with God`s people, to revel in God`s creation, to serve his wife and two sons, and, occasionally (!), to watch or participate in sports.

A favorite verse of Pastor Savage and one he seeks to apply to his ministry is 2 Corinthians 4:5: `For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.'