Ministry Focus
“God used my college experience to change me more than in any other period of my life. I’m a radically different person from who I was at the beginning of my freshman year. God put it on my heart to see that other college students have the chance I had to discover what the Lord wants for them. Many college students these days have never even set foot in a church, let alone know what Christ did for them and how He loves them.” Tim meets with students one-on-one to help them develop a relationship with Jesus. For this reason, the Stewarts moved to Buffalo to engage college students with the exciting realities of following Jesus. Having ministered at the University at Buffalo since 2006, God has awoken a passion in Tim not only for college students but also for campus ministers. “I work with some of the most amazing people. I absolutely love the people God has called to minister to college students and I want to do all that I can to help them thrive in their ministries. When I’m successful at this, I feel as though I’m spreading the Gospel on many campuses.” Tim has taken on the additional role of being the Ministry Partner Development Coordinator. He works alongside ministers, training, coaching, and counseling them as they step out in faith in their journey of support raising. “Support raising is a crucible that God uses to refine potential campus ministers. It forces them to ‘practice what they preach’ and step out in faith and trust that God himself is going to provide for all that they need to accomplish what he has called them to. I love walking alongside these ministers as they go through this journey and I love seeing how God transforms them along the way.”
Faith Story
Tim grew up going to church every Sunday but never really enjoying it. He did, however, enjoy youth ministry and got involved with a local program run by Youth for Christ (YFC).
It was on a week-long YFC bike trip that Tim finally understood what Christ did for him, and he received Jesus as his Savior.
After that Tim began to enjoy church and grew in his walk with Christ throughout high school. Upon entering college at Oneonta State, he connected with Campus Ambassadors immediately and got involved in sharing his faith with others.
Tim took a job as a police dispatcher to cover his everyday expenses. This, however, kept him from being able to meet with students on weekends (when they were free) and from being able to attend church on Sundays. Tim felt the Lord leading him to leave his job and become an intern with Campus Ambassadors.
He started his internship at the beginning of his junior year of college and has since been appointed a full-time campus minister, planting a new campus ministry at the University at Buffalo.
WAYS TO SUPPORT
Tim and Karen by making a financial donation using a Credit Card or by Direct Debit (ACH).
Learn more about where this ministry happens
In colorful communities and along scenic highways, diverse people and landscapes span coast to coast
Iconic American traditions include Thanksgiving dinner, jazz music and the Super Bowl. They meld with eclectic examples of multicultural heritage: numerous local Chinatowns, family-owned taquerias and even cowboy boots, which originated among the nomadic Huns of eastern Europe.
The nation's landscape shows just as many contrasts — sandy beaches and rocky coastlines, open plains and vast deserts, rugged mountains and winding canyons, and abundant rivers and lakes.
The ideals of life and liberty that founded the United States have made the country one of the world's most prosperous, though not without dark chapters and present troubles. Crime, discrimination and ethics violations make regular headlines, and many people live below the national poverty level.
Families view education as essential to the pursuit of happiness, if not also a path to wealth and power for the most ambitious. Yet Americans also demonstrate a charitable spirit of generosity toward neighbors and nations in need.
Freedom of religion grants opportunity for all faiths, but Christianity holds particular influence in country's history and daily life.
Your participation with Missions Door supports ministry in the United States among college students, including many international students, in collaboration local churches. It also enables social outreach, church planting and leadership development in a wide variety of communities — among Native Americans and other cultural groups, and in urban and suburban settings where growing and changing demographics create new opportunities for the Gospel.
Cultural Snapshot
Aside from the Native American, Native Hawaiian and Native Alaskan populations, nearly all Americans and their ancestors immigrated to the United States.
Faith Fact
In a 2013 survey, 56% of Americans said that religion played a "very important role in their lives” — a larger number than any other wealthy nation.
Country Profile
Population: 320 million
Major Religions: 47% Protestant, 23% unaffiliated, 21% Catholic, 6% other
Languages: 82% English, 11% Spanish, various others
Literacy: 99%
Poverty: 16%
Ministry service area:
Campus Ambassadors
Ministry location:
New York, United States