Dick Thomassian was born in New York City. He was also born again in New York City. He was called to the Gospel Ministry in 1951 and ordained to the Gospel Ministry in 1955 at the First Baptist Church, Flushing, New York.

He graduated from Barrington College (Rhode Island) in 1955 and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY) in 1959. He received his Doctor of Ministry degree in Missiology from Luther Rice Seminary, Atlanta, Georgia, in 1994. Missiology is the area of practical theology that investigates the mandate, message and the work of the Christian missionary.

Dick served on the staff of several churches before accepting the call to join the staff of Whitesburg Baptist Church, Huntsville, Alabama. He served that church for 40 years from 1966 until he retired in 2005.

Because of his love for missions and sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the masses of lost people, Dick has participated in evangelistic crusades in each of the 50 states in America and directed over 200 short-term INTERNATIONAL mission crusades in the world. He served as a Trustee of the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention (1983-1991) and he and his wife Lois served with the Volunteer Mission Service of the International Mission Board of the SBC in Israel (1986-1987).

It was his love for missions and desire to reach the lost that motivated Dick to become the founder of T.I.M.E. Ministries in 1996. He served as the President of that organization from its beginning until 2009 when he became the C.E.O. In February 2011 the trustees honored Brother Dick with the title of President Emeritus. He still serves as advisor and financial officer with TIME Ministries. However, most of his time and energy is devoted to the Friends of Nazareth project. You can learn more about this project on the TIME webpage.

Dick has served in numerous capacities with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Alabama Baptist Convention. He wrote the book  "Building A Local Church Mission Dream Team" in 1994. That book is available through the T.I.M.E. office.

Dick has two main interests: missions, winning the lost to Christ and taking pilgrims to the Holy Land through conducting Christian Bible Land Seminars.

He is married to Lois Teuscher (1956). They have three children: Tim and his wife Laurie live in Tuscaloosa, Alabama where Tim serves as associated pastor of Grace Church. Joy and her husband Tom live in Flower Mound, Texas where Tom serves as the pastor of Living Hope Church. Jane and her husband Wes live in Georgia where he serves on staff of the First Baptist Church of Woodstock. DIck and Lois have nine grandchildren.

Larry D. Wright - President

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Larry D. Wright currently serves as President of T.I.M.E. Ministries. Before joining the staff of T.I.M.E. he served as a pastor for 34 years until his retirement from the pastoral ministry in March of 2009. He served the First Baptist Church in Florence, Alabama as well as pastor of Valley Grove Baptist Church in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Prior to that, he served on a church staff in Texas and fulfilled a calling as a vocational evangelist. All together, Larry has been preaching the gospel for over four decades, since 1965 while a senior in high school.

Larry earned a BA degree from Samford University (Birmingham, Alabama) in 1970 with a major in Religion and a minor in history. He graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Fort Worth, Texas) in 1973 with a Masters degree in theology. His ministry extended to a local college campus where he taught religion as an adjunct professor at the University of North Alabama in Florence for seven years.

A published author, Larry enjoys writing as a hobby and he employs this skill as an opportunity for ministry. Some of his writings have been published in Homelife and Proclaim, both publications of the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. In addition, Larry has been published in Leadership Journal and locally, in Riverview Magazine and the Common Ground. Many of Larry's works are self-published.

Larry's personal website reflects his desire to help the next generation of leaders be faithful followers of Jesus Christ as well as be missional in their thinking. You may read Larry's blogs, sermons and favorite articles by visiting his personal web page at www.leadersbuildingleaders.com.

His other personal interests include golf, backpacking, duck hunting and Labrador Retrievers. Larry and daughters have hiked over 150 miles on the Appalachian Trail and most all of the trails in North Alabama.

He and his wife Debby live in Florence, Alabama. They have three daughters, four grandsons and one granddaughter. Jennifer Wright Boykin, a graduate of the University of North Alabama and Mississippi College School of Law, lives in Mobile where she serves as an Assistant District Attorney. She and her husband Don have one daughter; Aubry Kate. Rebekah Methvin, a graduate of Auburn University, is employed by Abbott Laboratory. She and her husband Roddy have three sons: Tate, Jon Walt & Mills Thomas. They live in Florence. Stephanie Allen is a graduate of Samford University and the University of Alabama in Birmingham. She and her husband Robbie have one son; William Parker. They live in Madison where she works as a counselor for The Enrichment Center of Huntsville.

Doug Seaver joined the T.I.M.E. staff as an associate from its beginning in 1996. Doug was saved at the age of 9 and committed his life to the ministry of sharing the gospel at age 15.

Doug graduated from Samford University (1979) in the School of Music with a Bachelor of Music degree. He also attended the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky (1981).

Doug has participated in revivals, conferences, mission crusades and T.I.M.E. "block parties" in much of the United States and 50 foreign countries. Doug is a valuable team member on the T.I.M.E. staff. He ministers through music, participates in puppet performances, as well as directs and performs in all the dramas. As a musician Doug is a recording artist. His last CD is entitled "Jerusalem" but he has a new CD, "Livin' In the Rain", that is due out anytime. If you would like to purchase one of Doug's CD's, contact the T.I.M.E. office at 256-319-2080.

Doug also serves as the Worship and Praise Leader of the Danville Baptist Church in Danville, Alabama.

Beverly Jones served in several Executive Assisant positions at Whitesburg Baptist Church, Huntsville, Alabama for 21 years (1980-2001). She has served on the T.I.M.E. support team as Executive Assistant since its beginning in 1996. In February 2011 Beverly retired from the Executive Assistant position and became the Financial Secretary for TIME Ministries. She also works as the Executive Assistant in the Friends of Nazareth office.

Charlene James - Executive Assistant

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Charlene James joined the TIME staff as Executive Assistant in February 2011. She taught school for 17 years and also worked for an international sales company for 11 years.