Tim Dilena is an American pastor, public speaker and Author. He is the senior pastor of Times Square Church. With almost 40 years of pastoral leadership and experience, he is the third senior pastor since the founding of the church by David Wilkerson in 1987.
Pastor Dilena is a prominent Christian pastor and speaker. He has been serving as the senior pastor of Times Square Church in New York City since 2019. Times Square Church is a non-denominational Christian church known for its emphasis on prayer, worship, and outreach.
Before becoming the senior pastor of Times Square Church, Tim Dilena was an associate pastor at the church for several years. He is known for his passionate preaching style and commitment to teaching the Bible with practical application to everyday life. Dilena’s messages often focus on topics such as faith, grace, spiritual growth, and the love of God.
Tim Dilena’s leadership at Times Square Church has continued the church’s legacy of being involved in various community outreach efforts and ministry programs both locally and globally.
Biography
There is no known date of birth yet but Tim Dilena was born in the United States. There is no other information on his birth place or family. However, it is noted that Tim’s father, Paul Dilena, was the police captain in David Wilkerson’s bestselling book The Cross and the Switchblade and was the treasurer of the first Teen Challenge. This is due to the relationship Tim has with Times Square Church.
Tim Dilena Age
The exact age of Pastor Tim Dilena is not know. This information will be updated soon.
Education
Tim attended Baylor University, Wayne State University and Moody Bible Institute. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Corporate Finance and has taken extended studies in apologetics at Oxford University in England.
Family Life
Tim and his wife, Cindy, have four children, Christian, Anna, Grace and Lauryn.
Ministry
Tim Dilena is the senior pastor of Times Square Church. He also has almost 40 years of pastoral leadership and experience, he is the third senior pastor since the founding of the church by David Wilkerson in 1987.
He has been a frequent and well-liked speaker at Times Square Church for more than 25 years prior to being appointed senior pastor.
Gary Wilkerson had asked him to relocate to Detroit in 1984 as he was founding a church and needed “short-term support.”
Tim stayed in Detroit to create Revival Tabernacle in a former 900-seat XXX movie theater when the Lord placed a weight on his heart. The church evolved into an ethnically and culturally diverse house of worship that is still going strong today.
Jim Cymbala extended an invitation to him to become an associate pastor at The Brooklyn Tabernacle in 2010. After living in Brooklyn for five years, he accepted the lead pastor position at Our Savior’s Church in Lafayette, Louisiana, before moving back to Times Square in New York City in May 2020.
Tim is a regular speaker for the MLB and NFL chapels and in addition, he is serving on the board of directors of David Wilkerson’s organization, World Challenge. He travels widely with Nicky Cruz and Gary Wilkerson to speak at pastor conferences around the world.
Times Square Church
David Wilkerson started the Times Square Church in 1987. Times Square was then recognized as a hub for X-rated movies, strip clubs, prostitution, and drug abuse. In response to what he perceived as “the physically destitute and spiritually dead individuals” among the pimps, runaways, and crack dealers that inhabited the region, Wilkerson opened the church.
For a brief period, the Times Square Church had services in Manhattan’s Town Hall on 43rd Street, followed by the Nederlander Theatre on 41st Street.
The church rented out the former Mark Hellinger Theatre in 1989. In 1991, Times Square Church paid an undisclosed sum to acquire the structure from the Nederlander Organization.
The building was valued at between $15 million and $18 million at the time. David Wilkerson, his brother Donald Wilkerson, and Robert Phillips were listed as the three pastors of the church, which was classified as an evangelical Pentecostal congregation. The church’s current location on 51st Street remains the theater.
Carter Conlon, a former evangelical pastor from eastern Canada who served as an associate pastor at Times Square Church from 1994 to 2001, was given the position of senior pastor by David Wilkerson in 2001.
Additionally, missionaries and visiting pastors from all over the world come to preach in the church. Prayer is prioritized, and there is even a “prayer during preaching ministry.” Programs to teach the love and truth of God’s Word are also available for high school students and young adults.
The church sponsored a prayer rally in Times Square from 2007 to 2009 under the name Prayer in the Square.
Tim Dilena was appointed Senior Pastor on May 5, 2020, making him the third since the church’s establishment. He has a long-standing friendship with the church’s founding pastor, David Wilkerson, and has frequently preached there for many years.
Tim Dilena Books
- A Fight To Forgive: How To Turn Their Wrongs And Your Hurt Into God’s Greater Purpose
- Run Baby Run: The True Story Of A New York Gangster Finding Christ
- The 260 Journey: A Life-Changing Experience Through the New Testament One Chapter at a Time
- Run Baby Run – New Edition: The True Story Of A New York Gangster Finding Christ
Time Dilena Sermons
- The Kind Of Depression That Makes Me Want To Give Up
- Getting To The Root of The Conflict
- Confidently Accepting What God Is Adamantly Rejecting
- Go Green!
- It’s Way Bigger Than You Think
- Bothered By An Edge
- Hands Off! No Plagiarizing God
- What Do I Do When The Battles Keep Coming
- Staying One Step Ahead of The Enemy
- You Thought I Was Just Like You
Net Worth
We cannot estimate how much pastor Tim is worth at the moment. This is because, he has not made information about his earnings public.
Social Media
Instagram: pastortimdilena
Facebook: @pastortimdilena
Twitter: @PastorTimDilena