Leadership Team:

Our leadership team recognizes the authority of God and realizes that we are servants who serve under the Chief Shepherd, Yeshua Jesus the Messiah. We desire to devote ourselves to prayer and the ministry of the Word. Our passion and goal are to equip the saints for the work of the ministry and the edifying of the body of Christ until we all attain maturity in the fullness of.
 

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Dr. Robert L. Montgomery

Senior Pastor

Dr. Robert L. Montgomery is the Senior Pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church of Lawrenceville and has been since September of 1988. When he first arrived, he found a handful faithful members busy carrying on in the name of Jesus. He and his family were immediately welcomed by the loving members and shortly began receiving added members into the Church.  Under his leadership, many souls have been saved, many unchurched have united in fellowship with Tabernacle, ministers of the gospel have been called and some are pastoring, and the church facility and property has expanded and has been updated. Dr. Montgomery received his associates, bachelors, masters, and doctors’ degree from Gwinnett Hall Baptist College located in Lawrenceville, Georgia. He is married for 49 years to his precious wife Emma. They have one son, Marlon, who is a minister of the gospel himself, a wonderful daughter-in-law, Kristin, and four lively grandchildren.
 
 

Timothy T. Staten

Associate Pastor

Timothy has been married for the last 29 years to his wife Shirley. They have four children, Satoshia, Quinton, Joshua and Myles, and three grandchildren, Kalin, Kody and Kaleb.

Timothy has been an active member of Tabernacle Baptist Church of Lawrenceville since August, of 2011. At Tabernacle, Timothy currently participates or leads areas such as the men’s ministry and the Connecting with Christ Wednesday/Sunday Bible study classes.

Timothy also preaches when called upon to do so at Tabernacle Baptist Church of Lawrenceville.  

Prior to coming to Tabernacle, Timothy served in various other churches including New Jerusalem Baptist Church of Cincinnati as ministry leader/participant in areas such as GED assistance, technology for seniors and soup kitchens.

Timothy is a graduate of Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia having received a Master’s degree in Theology Studies in August of 2017.

Ordained in 2019, Timothy also holds a Master’s of Accounting and Tax degree from Mississippi State University and has been a Certified Public Accountant for approximately 23 years.
 
 
 
Brian Ray
Associate Pastor 
 
 

Associate Pastor Brian Ray- was the former Pastor and Founder of Word Of Life Baptist Church in Decatur, Georgia. He is in charge of our Education Department. He teaches a youth Connecting with Christ class on Sunday morning. He received a BS degree in architectural engineering from Tennessee State University in 1979. After answering the call to ministry in 1982 he went back to school at Southeastern Free Will Baptist College. While there he received a degree in Pastoral Studies in 1987. He has been married to Sebrina since 1979, they have two children and four grandchildren. He began attending Tabernacle in January 2013.