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Senior Pastor Tim Cox and his family joined the ALT church family in August 2007.  Pastor Tim and Sheila were married in June 1984.  They have two daughters: Heather, age 20 and Holly, age 16.  Heather has just completed one year with Master’s Commission in Memphis, Tennessee.  She is currently attending Southeastern Oklahoma State University.  Holly currently attends Durant High School and enjoys playing clarinet for the “Pride of Durant” high school band.

Pastor Tim and family have ministered in Wheaton, Illinois, and most recently in Rogers, Arkansas.  Sheila is a native of Oklahoma whereas Tim is originally from Missouri but says that “he got here as fast as he could.”  Tim graduated from Mustang High School in Mustang, Oklahoma and received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. He completed his biblical studies with Berean University. Sheila graduated from Putnam City West High School in Bethany, Oklahoma and also attended the University of Central Oklahoma.  She presently works for First United Bank’s mortgage division.  Sheila prefers for Pastor Tim to concentrate on the serious part of ministry while she participates in the fun part of ministry.

“We are excited about serving Durant and the surrounding communities” says Pastor Tim.  “We want ALT to be a church that serves all ages.”  We want to accomplish this by providing fun and dynamic programs for children, relevant and impactful youth services along with men’s, women’s and single’s ministries. Our Sunday services include prayer, songs of praise, worship and sound practical biblical preaching.  Wednesday night services have great teaching and fun for all ages.

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Shaun moved to Durant from Fort Worth in October of 2006. He graduated from Colleyville Heritage High School in Colleyville, TX. He is soon to be a graduate of Southwestern Assemblies of God University. He has been recently licensed with the IPHC this summer. Shaun has been involved in full time ministry for over three years now and has been involved in youth ministry for over 7 years. Some of his influencers are pastors like Rob Bell, Ed Young Jr., Andy Stanley, John Maxwell, Robert Morris, and Craig Groschel. Shaun and and his better half, Jamie, have been married since June of 2005. They have one baby girl named Zoey.  Shaun enjoys playing sports, playing video games, playing games in general...well lets just be honest...he just enjoys playing around. One of his biggest passions is music. He feels that music is very influencial and he loves to use his gifts and talents to glorify God in everyway. "The students of this generation need to know the God that I met when I was a teenager. It is so much harder now to reach out to some of the students when there are tons of obsticles just waiting to bombard them and pull them away from a God that loves them very much. We all need to spread a little love and kindness around and SHOW people who Jesus is and what he is about."

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Mary Loyce McWilliams has been office manager for Abundant Life Temple for a number of years.  She is the friendly voice you hear when you call or come to the office.

Mary Loyce is the source for information at ALT. She is responsible for producing most of our publications, newsletters, and bulletins.