Meet Our Pastor
Overseer, Timothy L. Eppinger, Pastor
Overseer, Timothy L. Eppinger, Pastor
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Reverend Timothy L. Eppinger is the organizing Pastor of God’s Tabernacle of Faith Church and Family Life Center
Pastor Eppinger has been married to First Lady Katie Eppinger for 30 years and they have seven children. Under Reverend Eppinger’s pastoral leadership, God’s Tabernacle of Faith Church & Family Life Center was led from its early beginnings, renting a party center for worship, to its current Worship and Family Life Center Campus located at 19000 Garden Blvd. Warrensville Hts, Ohio 44128. Thousands of souls have come to Christ under Reverend Eppinger’s ministry as he has preached and taught the Word of God throughout his 28 years in the Gospel Ministry.
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Under his vision, he established numerous ways to bless God’s people through Christian Plays, The Agape Leadership Awards at the Palace Theater, Youth Summer Day Camps and The Youth Employment Opportunities Program hiring over a thousand youth for Summer Work Experience. In addition he established the Stomping out Prostate Cancer Partnership with Mary Mount Hospital & the Back to School Youth Olympics and School Supply Giveaway are just a few Ministries.
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Reverend Eppinger faith based corporation Greater Cleveland Faith Based Collaborative is responsible for partnership collaborations within the City of Cleveland Ohio and Suburban areas. Partnerships include The True2U 8th grade Mentoring program providing 300 mentors to 1,700 students with Mr. Stedman Graham and other partnerships include Community Court Program, Adult Work Experience Program, Jobs & Family Services, United Black Fund, Catholic Charities, and The Cleveland Foundation.
Reverend Eppinger has received numerous awards throughout his life journey and most recently was awarded “The Life Time Achievement Community Service Award by President Barack Obama”. He also was inducted by Morehouse College into the Martin Luther King 2017 College of Ministers and Laity.
Throughout the years, Reverend Eppinger has held many positions in the Insurance Industry as an Underwriter, Agent, Manager, and Vice President of Gordon Gould Thompson Insurance.
Pastor Eppinger is a graduate of Langston University in Oklahoma with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Business Management.
Reverend Eppinger currently holds positions with the following organizations:
-- Greater Cleveland Faith Based Initiative Group —President
-- Ministerial Alliance of Churches in Cleveland Ward 1 —President
-- Community Action Against Addiction —President of Board of Directors
-- Kingdom Connections Fellowship International— Overseer of the Northern District of Ohio Churches