Pastor Timothy Mckeown

On April 16, 2023, GracePointe Church called Timothy McKeown to serve as pastor of the church. Pastor Tim has been a full-time vocational minister for more than 30 years, with deep family and spiritual roots in Parker County. His first pastorate ministry was at First Baptist Church of Whitt, where he was ordained in 1991. As the grandson and great-grandson of Baptist preachers in Parker, Wise, and Palo Pinto counties, Tim grew up in Weatherford, attended North Side Baptist Church, and was licensed to preach by Emmanuel Baptist Church. Tim and Melissa were high school sweethearts, married in 1983, and have four adult children and six grandchildren. After graduating from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1991, Tim and Melissa ministered in Brownsville, Tyler, and Killeen and moved back "home" in 2022. Melissa, a graduate of Weatherford College and Tarleton State University, is a dyslexia therapist with Weatherford ISD. "The Springtown/Azle area is exploding in population, and I am excited to be called to GracePointe to help reach our growing community with the good news gospel message of Jesus Christ.

I love GracePointe's vision for the future and the diverse spiritual heritage and history from the merging of Midway and LaJunta churches in 2019. My prayer is that we will live up to our name and be a point of grace as we share and show the love of God." In addition to spending time with family, Tim and Melissa love "gardening" (really, "yardwork"), traveling, and leading trips for missions and spiritual enrichment, such as to The Promise in Glen Rose, the Holy Land (2014), and the "Footsteps of Paul" journey to Greece and Turkey (2019). We would like to go to The Ark next. In 2019, Timothy published his first book, The Gospel of John, One Day at a Time, a 7-week daily devotional book for new (and not-so-new) believers, available at Amazon in hardback, paperback, and Kindle editions. He also writes Sunday School material for denominational publications.