Tim & Lois Strauss

International Director

Escondido, California
How Tim serves with Global Recordings Network

As of April 1, 2024, Tim became our second International Director. He was unanimously approved as the next International Director at our quadrenniel International Council Meetings in October of 2023. You can go to his page on our International site for a fuller bio.

On Faith & Family

Tim accepted the Lord at a very young age, and grew up in Escondido, California. His pastor father was a tremendous example to Tim of giving his life whole-heartedly to the Lord while maintaining a healthy balance between ministry obligations and his role as a husband and father. Tim met his wife at their home church and married in 1990. They have four grown kids.

Background

For the last 30 years he has been a missionary with Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in Lesotho, Albania, Kazakhstan and the last 4 years in Istanbul, Turkey. While each new role and location had its own set of challenges and joys, Tim says the most fulfilling aspect of his mission career is the deep friendships he’s been able to develop with people from countries and cultures all over the world.

Tim has served on our USA Board of Directors since 2022, but left that position to become a full staff member so he could become the International Director.