Pastor Timothy Bourman received a BA in the pastoral ministry at Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN and then a Master of Divinity from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon, WI. Since 2008 he has served as a missionary to New York City and its many cultures at Sure Foundation in Queens, NY. In 2020, he received a Doctor of Ministry degree from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, MO, where he research the interaction between trauma, pastoral care, and homiletics.