Dr. Tim Smith – President & Executive Director

Dr. Tim Smith is the President of SongSmith Ministries and Founder and Executive Director of Worship Without Borders in Aloha, Oregon, USA. He and his wife, Maryl, travel internationally – equipping, facilitating and releasing worship in churches everywhere. His passion is to help restore and release the song and the voice of the Church in passionate worship of Jesus Christ. 

 

Dr. Tim the Educator:

Dr. Tim holds a Bachelor in Secondary Music Education from Northwest Nazarene University. He did his post-graduate studies in Secondary Music Education at Western Oregon University and received his Masters of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry from Moriah Institute of Christian Studies. Dr. Tim was the head of the Portland Bible College Worship Department for 12 years. He developed a thriving Church Music Ministry Degree Program and raised up many worship leaders and teams to minister the word and inspire worship around the world. More than 30 nations have now been touched by these teams. Many of Dr. Tim’s former students are now ministering as worship leaders, choir directors and pastors in churches worldwide. Dr. Tim has taught orchestra, guitar, piano, band and choirs in public and private schools for 27 years.

Dr. Tim the Pastor/mentor:

For 12 years, Dr. Tim served as a worship pastor at Living Hope Fellowship in Aloha, Oregon where he led the worship ministry. His role extended beyond the Sunday Worship services to include worshiping with recovery ministry, senior saints and children’s ministry as well as leading prayer meetings, counseling and preaching. His time spent as a pastor gives him a unique and intimate perspective on the impact and challenges of implementing worship in the many unique settings of the local church. This real life understanding deeply impacts his ability to minister practically and to impart faith and vision in a positive and compassionate way. He loves mentoring worship pastors around the world! They now attend Life Change Church, Pastor Mark Strong, in the Portland area as well as serve many churches in the Pacific Northwest.

Dr. Tim the Composer/Musician:

Tim is a professional cellist as well as an accomplished pianist and guitarist. His love for working with  musicians naturally integrates with his skills as a choral and orchestral director, songwriter, arranger, teacher, college professor, and worship leader. He enjoys teaches online lessons to cello, piano, guitar and voice students around the world as well as mentoring Worship Pastors! Dr. Tim has written hundreds of songs, many of which are translated and sung around the world. He is a published composer with Integrity Music and was instrumental in birthing CCLI, an international copyright licensing organization for the church.

Maryl Smith – Creative Director

Dr. Tim loves to minister and sing alongside his wife, Maryl. She holds a degree in Theology and a Masters of Arts in Intercultural Studies. She is also licensed as a Certified Professional Midwife and has been in both private and group practice for 35 years. Maryl teaches at Christian women’s conferences as well as midwifery conferences and her birth-related songs have gone around the world.