Pastor

Timothy Gillam – Pastor

My road to Cornerstone Baptist Church:

I have had the privilege of serving in 3 churches prior to CBC. While at the Empire State Baptist Seminary I was Minister of Music, then Youth Director, then Assistant to the Pastor, and finally Interim Pastor before going to my first pastorate at Calvary Baptist Church in Harford, NY. After 3 years of ministry there I was called to the Maranatha Baptist Church in Sinking Spring, PA. I served Maranatha for 9 years before being called to Cornerstone Baptist Fellowship, in Camden, ME. I came to Cornerstone after reading Psalm 34, and the Lord made it very clear that Cornerstone was where my family and I should be. I came to CBC in 1991 just prior to it becoming a church. Cornerstone and I celebrated 20 years of ministry together on February 1, 2011.

Most influential person in my life:

My Father, Austin E. Gillam. My Dad has consistently led by example as well as by instruction. He has always given me spiritual counsel directly from the Scriptures.

Best book I’ve read in the last year:

I recommend the reading of Slave, by John MacArthur which deals with the word for bond “slave” which is often translated “servant” in our English Bibles. “Servant” really does not convey the mind set of those who were truly “slaves” during the first century. It goes into good detail which challenges us to think like a Greek. If we understood ourselves to be the doulos (“slaves”) of Christ our manner of living and serving would be dramatically changed; for His glory.

One favorite verse:

Psalms 17:15 “As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.”

Pastor Gillam and his wife Barb have two daughters and two grandchildren.