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Community

February 16, 2023

Pray for Pastors

I’ve been debating this post for quite a while but after 20 years in church ministry and 10 years as a Senior Pastor and church planter I’m hoping this can help others understand pastors a bit more. This month I have seen two pastor friends leave the ministry mostly due to burn out and lack of accountability. I think showing appreciation for our spiritual leaders […]

June 22, 2022

Are you experiencing church as God intended?

In 2022, it seems that America is exhausted, frustrated, and burned out. What I hear people say is that they are longing for a reset, a reversion to norms, a way to find peace in this broken world. I believe we need to return to God and establish real, deep friendships we can trust and be honest with. Are you experiencing church as God intended? […]

October 13, 2021

Here is what I said at the 10/11/2021 Fergus Falls School Board Meeting

News coverage: https://www.valleynewslive.com/2021/10/12/parents-speak-up-about-mask-requirement-during-fergus-falls-school-board-meeting/ My speech to the school board: https://rumble.com/vnne7l-pastor-speaks-out-at-school-board-meeting-over-mask-mandate.html Hello, My name is Tim Molter, I have children in the School District, and I’m also a pastor and taxpayer in the community. I’d like to start by saying I think there are three main things about mask mandate that bother me. The first is, Who decided this, and second, How it was decided, the third is […]

September 19, 2020

Pay Their Fair Share? Churches?

Some are saying churches should no longer be tax exempt because they need to pay their fair share. (Usually this is with a picture of a megachurch and a celebrity Pastors mansion) Yet, 85% of churches are small churches under 200 people in America (95% are under 800 people), and 35% are bivocational meaning they work a full time job outside of the church to […]

June 12, 2020

Happy Church Anniversary!

A note of encouragement from Pastor Tim: Dear friends, and people of Calvary Chapel,The Bible tells us, “how good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity” (Psalm 133:1). At the bedrock of our church is a total allegiance to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and to follow God’s instructions for us in the Bible. When the people of God are […]

June 4, 2020

David Dorn

David Dorn, a retired St. Louis police captain, was shot and killed the other night while trying to protect a local store from looters on Martin Luther King Drive. David had retired from the St. Louis Police Department in 2007 after 38 years on the job. He rose from rookie patrol officer in 1969 to captain. When he retired, he then became police chief in […]