Timothy W. Sloan is the Senior Pastor of the St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church in Humble, Texas.  A native of Sherman, Texas, he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia and a Master of Divinity Degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey.  While a student at Princeton, he was ordained in the Christian ministry and served as Assistant to the Pastor at the Friendship Baptist Church in Trenton under the pastorate of the late Reverend Dr. Willie J. Sanders. 

Upon graduation from seminary he relocated to Houston and began serving as the Minister of Human Service Programs at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church under the pastorate of the Rev. William A. Lawson.  He later joined the staff of Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston (IM) as Director of Interfaith Relations. 

Dr. Sloan is adamant about being well prepared for ministry.  He has studied law at Rutgers University School of Law in Camden, New Jersey, as well as South Texas College of Law in Houston.  He received the Doctor of Ministry Degree in Transformative Leadership from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in Rochester, New York. His doctoral dissertation is entitled: Transformative Leadership in the African-American Church toward a Holistic Ministry.

Dr. Sloan serves on the Board of Representatives for CanCare in Houston.  He has also served on the Board of Directors for Metropolitan One Church One Child, Inc. of Texas; the Advisory Boards for the YMCA Kingwood Branch and the Faith Initiative for the Points of Light Foundation.  He is a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.