User:ClaudeReigns/Notes/Tim Rude

Timothy Rude is the founding Pastor of Walnut Creek Church in the Windsor Heights suburb of Des Moines, Iowa, which is apart of the Great Commission Church Movement (a member of the National Association of Evangelicals).

Walnut Creek Church
In 1987, Tim moved with his family to Des Moines to become the founding pastor of a small fledgling church started a couple of years before. Since the first meeting which was held in a church member's living room, Walnut Creek Church has grown to around 1500 people attending weekend services at multiple locations in the Des Moines metro.

Tim and his wife Nancy are graduates of Iowa State University where they met each other and were married in 1975. As college students they both became believers in the message of the gospel of Jesus Christ and have served Christ together since then. Tim and Nancy have been blessed with ten children and seventeen grandchildren (so far). During the 2007 Presidential Primary, Mr. Rude was criticized for a disparaging email of then-candidate Sam Brownback. Mr. Rude publicly apologized for the email. Walnut Creek Church and Mr. Rude have also received criticism from former members, notably through online message boards.