Tim Burt

Tim joined Living Word Christian Center in 1984 and served as Associate Pastor from 1989 until May 31st, 2017. He and His wife Renee, also a Pastor at Living Word, resigned this past May, feeling impressed by God to pursue the tremendous growth of their missions ministry and Tim’s Daily Devotional Fresh Mannaas well as teaching conferences and seminars, and increasing their involvement on the mission field through Tim & Renee Burt Ministries.

Prior to working at LWCC, he worked at Northwest Airlines for 13 years. In 1985 he founded and was President of American Infant Care Products which marketed his patented invention, the first fold-down commercial infant changing table now used worldwide in public restrooms

Tim and his wife Renee created a Small Group Ministry when the church was about 800 people in size. Today LWCC is a church of over 9000 people led by Sr. Pastors Mac and Lynne Hammond. Pastor Tim & Renee led a diverse Small Group Ministry of over 200 groups. Tim’s responsibilities also included oversight over the Visitor and Member Relations Department, Leadership and Volunteer Development, and the Pastoral Care Department. Pastor Tim was also the Minnesota State Director of Christians United for Israel from 2006 thru 2017. Tim is a Christian blogger writing a daily inspirational and teaching devotion three days a week called "Fresh Manna"which has been read in over 227 countries and territories around the world. He has a Bachelor of Theology Degree from Maranatha College. Tim was named one of the top 55 blogging Pastors. He is one of the top Social Media influences in Minneapolis, Mn, including a strong presence on Twitter with over 187,000 followers. Between Tim's blog and Twitter influence, he virally reaches between 2 to 5 million people with the gospel of Jesus Christ and the love of God on an average day.

Tim and Renee are the parents of four children and seven grandchildren. He loves to golf, run and walk. He is a five time marathon finisher. He is also a three time award winning gardener winning the Grand Prize in his city for his beautiful home gardens. https://timburt.org/pastor-tim-burts-prize-winning-garden/