Rev. William Ipema, known to most as Bud, has been an outspoken figure on North American causes for the past three decades. It was in the early 1960's that he left a successful career in construction and decided to pursue ministry. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Calvin and a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Calvin Theological Seminary. Since then his experience in urban ministry is vast and varied. He was founder and president of goodcity™ (formerly Mid-American Leadership Foundation) where he oversaw the development of the successful economic, housing, youth and capacity building initiatives involving many faith- and community-based organizations.

Rev. Ipema was the Director of the Chicago-Orleans Housing Corporation, vice-president of Leadership Foundation of America, co-director of the Synodical Committee on Race Relations of the CRCNA and was the founder of the Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education. He has also been active on many boards nationwide serving such diverse interests as programs for inner-city students, justice advocacy, urban and community development, street ministry and international ministry.

He is currently the Director of Timothy Institute of Calvin Theological Seminary after retiring not only once from his various roles, but twice! He has been happily married to his wife Donna for 48 years. They have three grown children and seven grandchildren. Together they enjoy playing pinochle, golfing and traveling. They reside in Oak Park, IL and Holland, MI.

Harold has been engaged in French speaking ministry for over 35 years in France, Quebec and francophone Africa. Born and raised in the Chicago area he has travelled and lived the world wide. After graduating from Calvin College in 1972 he did youth work with Operation Mobilization in France and studied theology in Paris. In the 1980's he lived and worked in Montreal, Quebec as a church-planter. With a Master of Theology in church history from the Free Evangelical Seminary in Paris and a Doctor of Philosophy in Pastoral Theology, he taught for 16 years at the Reformed Seminary in Aix-en-Province, France until 2005. Still based in France, he now works with CRWM and Timothy Institute as the Coordinator for French speaking Africa. Harold travels regularly to Africa to implement Timothy Leadership Training in the twenty French speaking countries of that continent.

"My goal is to implement a self-sustaining TLT program in each of those countries by 2013. My motivation is Timothy Institute's response to the historic unprecedented need for Christian leadership training around the world."

Harold has been married to his wife, Elsbeth, for 33 years and even before they were married, they shared the commitment to mission work in the French speaking world. They have three adult children who live in Canada and United States.

Gary is Timothy Institute's Master Trainer and Program Developer. He is a recent addition to the staff and works part-time. The other half of his time is spent pastoring a Christian Reformed Church in Indianapolis, IN. He has been married to his wife, Rosemary, for 32 years and they have four grown children and three grandchildren.

Gary joins Timothy Institute with a significant background in both cross-cultural missions and non-traditional education. He graduated from Kuyper College, Calvin College and Fuller Theological Seminary with a focus on leadership development systems in a mission's setting.

He ministered in various Central American countries for eleven years with Christian Reformed World Missions and also worked with Christian Reformed Home Missions for twelve years teaching and organizing non-formal leadership training networks around the USA. In addition, he has pastored churches in both Texas and Indiana.

It is obvious that Gary is deeply passionate about pastoral leadership training and feels a particular burden for thousands of men and women around the world who have limited access to quality Christian preparation. He desires to see Timothy Leadership Training spread with effectiveness and creative non-dependency to many cultures and countries where the need is desperate and the church is growing. He is grateful for TLT's vision and proven, results-oriented track record. Pray that Gary will be an effective servant to the Sprit-call emerging leadership in the Church of Jesus Christ.

Munyiva Annah Kitavi joined our staff in September 2008. She is the Coordinator for East and Southern Africa. Born and raised in Kenya, she comes to us with a wealth of cross-cultural ministry experience. She has spent much time in the classroom, both in Africa and in the United States, as an elementary and secondary school educator and has been involved in a number of programs most recently as a reading specialist in Grand Rapids Public Schools. She is experienced in teaching and church-planting in cross-cultural settings and has helped to lead conferences and workshops on church leadership in African countries.

Kitavi is currently writing her doctoral thesis in Instructional Leadership using Timothy Training as her research base. She also directs the church ministries of the African Church in Grand Rapids, MI. She has been married to her husband, Mwaya, for 24 years and has four children. Annah and Mwaya plan to move to Uganda within the next year.

Cindy joined the Timothy Institute staff as an Administrative Assistant early in 2007. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Calvin College. After graduating she worked in their Information Technology Department. Cindy offers administrative support to the ministry of the Timothy Institute through grant proposals, fundraising, and strengthening and creating new relationship contacts.

Cindy and her husband, Chris, welcomed their daughter Claira into the world in April of 2006. Chris is a math teacher at Grand Rapids Christian High School where he also coaches football. Much of their spare time is spent at football games where Cindy and Claira cheer Chris on as coach. Cindy also enjoys many outdoor activities such as running, hiking, camping, as well as staying indoors to bake or read a good book.