Pastor Timotius Tjing

Pendeta Timotius lahir di Jakarta dari keluarga non-kristen. Sejak kecil beliau punya konsep “mencapai semua dengan kekuatan sendiri”. Hal ini mungkin dikarenakan ketika masih bayi sudah kehilangan figure Bapak yang meninggal di usia muda. Dan ibunya sebagai seorang janda harus berjuang membesarkan ke tiga orang anaknya yang masih kecil-kecil.

Pada tahun 1977 oleh seorang anak Tuhan beliau diajak ke gereja dan mulai kenal pada Tuhan Yesus. Di suatu retret gereja yang diadakan oleh Gereja Kristus Jemaat Mangga Besar (sekarang GKY) Jakarta, beliau menyerahkan diri menjadi anak Tuhan. Sejak itu hatinya berkobar memperkenalkan Juruselamatnya terutama kepada ibu dan ke dua orang kakak perempuannya dan teman-teman sekolahnya. Di GKJMB dulu beliau melayani di komisi pemuda, sekolah minggu, pembesukan, komisi misi, dan lainnya sebagainya.

Pendeta Timotius menyelesaikan pendidikan S-1 (Drs.) dari Fakultas Pedagogi Universitas Kristen Indonesia (UKI), Jakarta pada tahun 1985. Bekerja di Sekolah Kristen IPEKA (Tomang, Pluit, Sunter), Jakarta sebagai administrator, guru dan kepala SMP dari tahun 1979 – 1988. Tahun 1988 meninggalkan Indonesia menuju Singapore. Menyelesaikan pendidikan S-2 (M.Div) di tahun 1991 dari Singapore Bible College. Selesai studi kemudian melayani di Gereja Presbiterian Orchard dan Gereja Presbiterian Bukit Batok hingga tahun 1998.

Pada bulan Agustus 1998 bersama keluarga, pendeta Timotius meninggalkan Singapore menuju Los Angeles, Amerika melanjutkan studi S-3 (D.Min) di International Theology Seminary dan kemudian di Soutwest Bible College & Seminary, Lousiana. Dan di tahun itu juga memulai pelayanan di Gereja Injili Indonesia sebagai assistant pastor hingga sekarang ini.


Pastor Timotius was born to a non-christian family in Jakarta. Since childhood he has a concept of “achieving all with your own strength”. This may be because when he was still a baby he has lost a father figure whom passed away at a young age. And his mother as a widow must struggle to raise her three small children as a single mom.

In 1977 a christian friend invited him to church and he began to know Lord Jesus. In a church retreat organized by Gereja Kristus Jemaat Mangga Besar (now GKY) Jakarta, he surrendered himself to be a child of God. Since then his heart is blazing to introduce his Savior especially to his mother and to his two older sisters and his school friends. In GKJMB he served in youth ministries, sunday school, care ministry, mission committe, and so forth.

Pastor Timotius completed his bachelor degree (Drs.) from the Faculty of Pedagogy of Indonesian Christian University (UKI), Jakarta in 1985. He worked at IPEKA Christian School (Tomang, Pluit, Sunter), Jakarta as administrator, teacher and head master of junior high school from 1979 to 1988. In 1988 he left Indonesia for Singapore. He completed his master degree (M.Div) in 1991 from Singapore Bible College. After he finished his study he served at Orchard Presbyterian Church and Bukit Batok Presbyterian Church till 1998.

In August 1998, with his family, Pastor Timotius left Singapore for Los Angeles, USA, where he continued his doctorate (D.Min) studies at International Theology Seminary and then at Southwest Bible College & Seminary, Louisiana. And in the same year he also started to serve at Indonesian Evangelical Church as an assistant pastor, where he continued to serve till now.