Timothy Thomson-Hohl

The Rev. Timothy Thomson-Hohl, MDiv, BA, BA, is the Pastor of The Garden Church, a United Methodist Community. He has been pastor since September, 2004. An ordained United Methodist minister, he has been in the ministry for over 26 years. In his current position, he is part of the Lansdowne Ministerium and on the Coordinating Board of Simpson Gardens, the new property that is an extension of Simpson Senior Services/Simpson House (www.simpsonsenior.org). He is also co-convener of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Chapter of MFSA, the justice centered ministry of the United Methodist Church (www.mfsaweb.org).

Prior to his assuming the pastorate at The Garden Church, he was the Executive Director of the Wesley Foundation of Philadelphia and Asbury Protestant Minister at Drexel University.

In his pastoral role at the college, he was called upon to teach, conduct counseling, provide worship, lead small groups and create special programming. In the Fall Term of 1998-99 academic years, Rev. Thomson-Hohl taught a three credit elective course at Drexel University called “Women in the History of Religion”. From 2000 to the present, he co-teaches a course at Drexel called "Issues in Science & Religion" with two Physics professors. Since Rev. Tim is now full-time at The Garden Church, he is now considered an adjunct professor at Drexel University. (www.drexel.edu)

Over the years, Rev. Thomson-Hohl has been asked to make many presentations. Topics include: religious diversity, the power of destructive cults, science and religion, social change and action, spiritual autobiography, Wicca and earth-centered spirituality. In 1996, Channel 6 ABC in Philadelphia interviewed him for a two-part segment on Wicca for their 11:00 Action News broadcast. For him, the study and practice of alternative spiritual paths is both a personal and professional interest. He is also interested in the study of Christian origins, gender issues, myth and archetypes and the relationship between science and religion.

Rev. Thomson-Hohl is a graduate of Owen J. Roberts High School in Chester County, Pa, earned a B.A. in Economics and a B.A. in Business Administration at Thiel College in Northwest Pennsylvania and earned his Master's of Divinity (MDiv) at St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, MO. He is currently at work on his Doctorate of Ministry Degree (DMin) from Chestnut Hill College and Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He is married, has three children and lives in Havertown, Pennsylvania.