Our Team

Dr. Timothy E. Wilson (Tim) was born in Easley, South Carolina. He is a 1991 graduate of Easley High School; a 1995 graduate of Anderson University, (B.A.); a 1999 graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MDIV); and a 2010 graduate of Erskine Seminary (DMIN). He completed four units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). After seminary, Tim served as an associate pastor and pastor at churches in Texas and South Carolina before answering God’s call to the Army Chaplaincy.

Tim commissioned as a chaplain in the United States Army and entered active duty on January 7, 2003. He served as Battalion Chaplain for 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 25^th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington; CPE Resident, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, Washington; Hospital Chaplain, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii; Tri-Services Addiction Recovery Facility Chaplain, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii; the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Afghanistan Command Chaplain, Bagram Afghanistan; the United States Army Chaplain Center and School (USACHCS) CH-BOLC Course Manager; the 5^th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Chaplain, Fort Campbell, KY; the 82^nd Airborne Division Deputy Chaplain, Fort Bragg, NC; and the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) Operations Chaplain, Fort Bragg, NC. Tim has five combat deployments for a total of 32 months to Iraq, Afghanistan, Jordan, and Turkey. He retired from the Army at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 2023.

In 2022, Tim answered the call to be Senior Pastor at Immanuel Baptist Church in Fayetteville, NC. Immanuel is a strategically S.M.A.L.L.L Church committed to excellence in worship and discipleship, all for the glory of God.

Tim is married to the former Becky Miller of Greenville, South Carolina. They have been married 28 years. The Wilson’s have three children.  Meg is 25, married to Andrew Arias, and is a realtor in Fayetteville, NC.  Andrew is a Fayetteville policeman.  Miller is 23 and a Combat Engineer in the US Army Reserves.  Matt is 17 and a senior at Fayetteville Christian School.