Terry W. Pollard, Church Ambassador Network, The FAMiLY LEADER
Terry Pollard graduated from Kansas Christian College in Overland Park, Kansas, in 1980 with a B.A. in Religion and has continued his graduate studies at Nazarene Theological Seminary and Moody Theological Seminary. He is currently completing studies at Saint Paul School of Theology.
He has served for over 39 years in varied full-time Christian ministry responsibilities as a senior pastor, Bible college associate professor, denominational editor-in-chief, denominational magazine editor, free-lance writer, Sunday school curriculum editor and writer and Christian school administrator. He is also a published writer and author of two books entitled “24/7 Living: Hard Truths from James” and “Getting It Right: The Ten Commandments for Today’s World.”
Terry has served as a pastor since 2005 in the Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church in Schaller, Alta, and New Sharon, and currently serves as part-time pastor at First United Methodist Church in Colfax, Iowa.
Prior to coming to Iowa, he also pastored in several denominations, having served multi-staff churches in Washington, Louisiana, Alabama, and Missouri. He has also trained pastors, teachers, school administrators, and community leaders nationally and internationally, as well as mentored pastors along with church revitalization coaching and consultation.
He and his wife, Diana, live in Des Moines and are the joyful parents of five married children who have blessed them with 16 grandchildren. Terry enjoys officiating high school and college basketball and is an avid fan of the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals!
“I’m serving with the Church Ambassador Network and TFL because I believe, as pastors and leaders, we are called to engage the shepherds of God’s Church with the shepherds of God’s government,” Terry says. “I’m blessed to be called at this season of my ministry to TFL to help engage the Church in the marketplace of the world and seek to be a difference maker and world changer.”
Favorite Bible verse: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths” – Proverbs 3:5-6.
