Sunday Service Times:
9 am Bible Study
10am Fellowship
10:30am Worship




Staff - Pastor Tim Vaughn

  1. Tim Vaughn and WifeDate, Place of Birth: November 14, 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia!
  2. Places (states) lived in: Whew! Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Germany (over 10 years!), Florida, and now back in the Promised Land of Athens, Georgia!!! Go Dawgs!!!
  3. Education: Bachelor of Arts in History from UNC-Charlotte in 1977, Master of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1983, and Doctor of Theology from Slidell Baptist Seminary (not federally accredited) in 2003.
  4. Salvation Experience: Almost 9yrs. old, after my grandfather just died, I began to think about heaven and hell and life after death - asked Jesus into my heart about one month later. I was baptized the last Sunday night of September in 1966 at Brainerd Hills Baptist Church in Chattanooga, TN.
  5. Work/Ministry experiences: LOTS! Secular - construction, landscaping, college admissions, retail sales, teaching, and public relations. Ministry - youth pastor, associate pastor, senior adult pastor, missionary church planter in Germany, regional missions strategist for Western Europe, and a senior pastor.
  6. Favorite Things about Life Church: The air of excitement and expectation, the music, the cookouts, the informality, the closeness, the kids, and most of all - the PEOPLE of Life!
  7. Family Members: My wife Kim (married in Aug., 1980), and our daughters, Mackenna (b.1985) and Lauren (b.1988). And our dogs Amos, Sadie, and Morgan!!!
  8. Hobbies: Baseball, baseball memorabilia, love to travel, hang out with friends, music, and study/teach the Bible.
    BOOKS: Some of my favorites are Halftime, Unveiled At Last, and Perimeters of Light.
    MUSIC: Soul, Motown, Bluegrass, Contemporary Country, Contemporary Christian, Classical, Jazz, and Oldies – everything but Rap!
  9. Secret Ambition: To be a best-selling author, and maybe to be the Chaplain for the Atlanta Braves - even for one day!