Tim VanLandingham has served Midway since June, 2006.    Brother Tim was born at Fort Benning, Georgia and moved back to Cairo in 1971 upon his Dad’s retirement from the military.  He graduated from Cairo High School in 1981 and during that senior year at CHS experienced a call from God to full-time Christian service.  In preparation for the task to which God called him, he began his studies by earning an Associate’s Degree in Education from Thomas College, then a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Biblical Studies from  Mercer University, Macon in 1984.  During those years, he preached wherever God would use him, served on the Revival Team at the Baptist Student Union of Mercer, and also served two summers as a Summer Youth/Children’s Leader in Columbia, Alabama.

            Brother Tim earned a Master’s Degree in Biblical Studies in 1989 from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.  While living in New Orleans, he served the Valence Street Baptist Church in the uptown area as a youth/children’s leader and instrumentalist.  It was during those years that God clarified His call on his life to understand that God was equipping him to serve as a Southern Baptist Pastor wherever God could use him.

            God called him to his first pastorate as a single pastor at the Southside Baptist Church in Norman Park, Georgia in August, 1989 where he served until October, 1999.  There, he met and married a wonderful pastor’s daughter who has a passion for Christian education.  Brenda also has a degree from New Orleans, and hers is in Christian education.  She has served in numerous areas of Christian service on the local, associational, and state levels of work.  She also taught kindergarten for eleven years.

  Since their marriage in 1991, God has used both their individual and combined efforts to serve Him.  For several years, Tim and Brenda have served the Colquitt and Valdosta Associations as Vacation Bible School Directors.  It is their passion to reach people for Jesus Christ and to equip the church family to Worship, Reach the Lost, Disciple every believer, Minister to the needs God reveals, and Fellowship in the Kingdom.

Brother Tim and Mrs. Brenda also served the New Bethel Baptist Church of Valdosta, Georgia from November of 1999 until moving back to Cairo in 2006.  During their years of service, he has served in numerous capacities on the associational level in areas such as Evangelism, Discipleship, and Administration.

We are happy to have Brother Tim and Mrs. Brenda serving alongside us.  God is working in some mighty ways at Midway.  Come and Join us!