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Pastor Timothy Lee has been in ministry for over 22 years and full-time ministry for over 20 years. He has served as a young adult Pastor @ Southside Tabernacle in Chicago, as well as serving in the ministry of helps @ Monument of Faith Evangelistic Church, in Chicago, where he faithfully served as an armour bearer for Apostle Richard D. Henton.

Timothy Lee formed Latter Rain Evangelistic Ministries in 1994 where he has traveled and preached an uncompromising word of God as well as held a city-wide crusade in 2002 entitled “Rebuilding The Walls” where pastors and laity came together from different denominations and ethnicities to worship and rebuild. He has traveled throughout the nation preaching a life changing word of hope and deliverance throughout the nation.

Timothy felt the call to return to Davenport, Iowa to assist in his home church where his father, Apostle James Lee pastors. There he served as Youth Pastor, church administrator, and finally served as the only associate pastor of the church. He served faithfully for almost 10 years before feeling the call to start the Quad Cities Family Life Church.

In 2005, Pastor Lee founded and formed the Quad Cities Family Life Church. The church began meeting in the Holiday Inn in Davenport, Iowa. God quickly gave increase and the church moved to their first location in Rock Island, IL. The Life Church hosted national and international ministries that brought a fresh revelation to the entire Quad City Region. The Life Church was known throughout the Quad Cities for feeding the hungry and intervention programs in the inner city.

In 2010, Pastor Lee felt the release to prepare to move his entire family to another region of the nation to launch a new vibrant church. In June 2012, he installed a new pastor, Eld. Parker, as Senior Pastor, as he and his family moved to Jacksonville, Florida. Pastor Lee remained the overseer of the church until March of 2014, when he totally released the ministry and now is focusing on the Genesis Church, which is located in Orange Park, Florida.

Pastor Lee ministry is balanced by his wife Stafonda Lee. They have been happily married for 18 years in October. They are the proud parents of Timothy Jr, 14 years old, Sydney Nicole, 10 years old, and Symone Nicole, 5 years old.

Ministry Coverage Highlights By Local Media: December 19, 2006 12:00 am •  Sean J. Miller(0) Comments On a recent Wednesday youth outreach program night, 25 young people gathered in the sanctuary of the Quad-Cities Family Life Center in Rock Island.

The group was spread out in front of the small stage at the center of the sanctuary, listening to a sermon. Youth outreach is the specialty of the nondenominational Christian church, said the Rev. Timothy Lee, the senior pastor. “We’re helping young people maximize their potential, letting them know they’re better than their situations.” The Family Life Center is a young church. Lee founded it along with his wife, Stafonda, in the spring of 2005. The average age of its 145-member congregation is 27, he said.

Lee said he felt he had enough experience to lead a congregation. For 10 years, he’d worked with his father, the Rev. James E. Lee, as an administrator, youth pastor and associate pastor at Harvest Time Family Worship Center in Davenport.

“That’s where I cut my teeth on ministry,” the younger Lee explained. “It showed me the pluses and the minuses of ministry and how to deal with people.”

He later left his father’s church and worked at two Chicago-based churches. After that, he said, “it was that time to launch out on my own.”

Although he quickly raised the startup money for the church, the congregation did not have a home for its first eight months, he said. Services were held each Sunday in a conference room at the former Holiday Inn on Brady Street in Davenport. Eventually, they found their current location at 910 37th Ave., Rock Island, and moved.

The church now boasts a bright sanctuary that seats 400, a nursery, offices and a recreation room where youth can play foosball or pool.

Lee helps young people understand the Bible by relating it to their day-to-day lives, he said.

“We extract truths,” he said. “We don’t just tell the story.”

For example, he uses Abraham’s relationship with his nephew Lot — which frequently brought him into conflicts he did not instigate — to illustrate how some relationships can hold one back.

Young people need to shun peer pressure, he said.

“The hardest thing to do is convincing young people they have to break away from the pack.”

It also is difficult to win their trust, he said. “Their level of expectation has risen higher than when I was a youth pastor years ago.”

Lee, 33, said he knows how difficult it is to keep young people interested in religion. Growing up in his father’s church, he watched several of his friends turn away from their faith as they got older.

That is why he focuses his ministry on young people, he said. “So when they get older they don’t stray away. (Their faith) will be there in their heart.”

His focus seems to be working.

“He can come down to our level and explain to us and communicate to us,” said Miranda Manley-Besey, 16, of Davenport.

“You wouldn’t expect a teen to be coming to church, but this is a young church and I can relate to it,” said Manley-Besey, who sings with the church’s praise and worship team.

Older members appreciate the church’s young spirit.

“We were looking for a ministry that involved youth and provided a service for our children,” said Lashon Moore, 36, of Davenport, who is married with five children.

Moore also took note of Lee’s youth. “Sometimes that does make a difference. He realizes, ‘Hey, we need to have fun,’ and lets people know it’s fun to serve the Lord.”

Lee said he would like the church to expand in the next five years to include 1,000 members and several small businesses such as a health club.

“We have an entrepreneurial spirit at the church,” he added.

The church also will launch an outreach ministry called Beacon of Hope in 2007, he said.

“Church deals with spirituality. This will deal with the whole man.” July 14, 2007 12:00 am •  Scott Kretzmann On Tuesday and Thursday nights this summer, youth ages 8-18 have been going to Franklin Field in Rock Island for some flag football.

The Quad-Cities Family Life Center, a non-denominational family church, started the West Side Football League, which meets from 6-8 p.m. two nights a week, to help youth who are at risk because of the area they live in.

The program “started in response to so much negativity about the kids,” said Timothy Lee, pastor at Quad-Cities Family Life Center. “Most crimes occur in the evening, so we take them out of that environment.”

Lee said they have about 120 kids come out to play flag football each night. The evenings are directed by Lee along with 20-25 volunteers from the church and local community.

Each evening kicks off with stretching, warm-ups and drill work for the kids before beginning games. Up to six games are played across three age groups: 8-10, 11-14 and 15-18 years old.

After the games, the kids are fed and then take part in what Lee feels may be the most important part of the program.

“We have life-skills classes where we’ll teach them about anger management, self-discipline and self-respects,” he said.

Lee said the West Side Football League, as part of the Youth of Standards Empowerment Program, aims to teach the kids important life skills and make them better neighbors.

Though the program is still young, Lee believes he has already seen positive changes among the youth who attend.

“I see young people starting to respect their neighbors more. They are learning to manage their tempers more,” said Lee. “We have never had a fight out (on the field). They are working things out rather than having violent confrontations.”

The Quad-Cities Family Life Center expects the program to continue to grow and to have its participation increase.

“The community has bought into the program, now there is a trust factor,” Lee said.

Though the West Side Football League will only last through the summer, other similar programs will be run in the fall and winter with the same goals in mind, such as basketball and martial arts. Sports will continue to be used as a draw to get the kids excited about participating and as a teaching tool.

“The programs will run after school, and young people need an active environment,” said Lee. “Team sports and team principles are very positive because they teach many life lessons

pril 23, 2011 3:00 pm •  Brian Wellner(0) Comments Tera Howard found the right place to run out of gas Saturday morning.

She had just pulled away from a free gas giveaway at Quad-Cities Family Life Church in Davenport when her car stopped before it left the church’s driveway.

“I knew I was out of gas when I came here,” Howard said, after volunteers at the event pushed her car off into the grass. “I just thought there was going to be enough time to get to the gas station.”

With her son in the car, the Davenport woman was delighted when the Rev. Timothy Lee, senior pastor, handed her a $20 gas voucher good at any Shell Express Lane gas station.

“I’m extra happy we have a gas voucher,” Howard said. “I’m a college student.”

Lee handed vouchers to the first 100 cars.

“We’re trying to give people hope on this Easter weekend,” Lee said. “We want to show there is hope in a down economy.”

Members of the church at 733 W. 53rd St. raised $2,000 in donations over the past month to buy the vouchers.

“I am so grateful,” Rose Jackson of Davenport said after receiving her voucher. “Times are hard.”

Joseph Cruz of Davenport said he’s an out of work roofer and considered the voucher a “blessing.”

Others were also grateful. “They say the greatest gift came from the lord above,” Letha Knox of Davenport said while waiting in her car in line. “This is a gift the community can appreciate.”

Saturday was her birthday, she added.

“The church is all about helping the community to be a safer, stronger and better place,” Lee said. “I hope that people will be uplifted and encouraged through this act of generosity.”