Disciple's Path Ministries: About us

Our Christian Doctrine
Disciple's Path Ministries and Coach's Corner Publications holds to the most rigorous standards of accuracy and completeness in understanding and conveying the truths of scripture. We are conservative and fundamental in nature, and all our ministry and study resources are founded entirely in scripture and are expository in platform. Only through intense study of the inerrant, infallible Word of God can we ever hope to be of help to anyone.

Our ministry is based in scripture but is founded on the complete work of the Only Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, and offered Himself up as a sacrifice to take away the sin of the world on the cross. That work being complete, and God having raised Him from the grave in bodily form and now ascended to heaven to take His place at the right hand of God (and to prepare a place for those who exchange their life for His), Jesus is the author of our faith. In pursuit of Him, we also make Him the finisher of our faith. Through daily taking up our cross and following Him, we find life more abundant.

And yet, the life of a disciple is not just a life of imitation but one of incarnation, Christ in me, the we might be revealed, renewed, changed, and made to be more like Him. That pursuit, the very pursuit to know God, to seek His face, is the ultimate call of our life.

Our Story
Disciple's Path Ministries and Coach's Corner Publications began in 1990 as an extension of the personal ministry of Tim Owen, a college instructor, high school teacher, youth worker, and director of College and Career ministries in his church in Raleigh, NC.

Tim began writing devotional books to support his leadership in Fellowship of Christian Athletes at the high school where he taught. It very quickly blossomed into support of high school and college students and whoever he came in contact with.

After writing devotionals for just about every ministry and missions trip he supported or ventured upon, Tim began to put his Sunday School and Bible Study lessons to paper as well. The most intensive of these. a 12 week study known as Christian Disciplines, has since been used by various small groups and has even been adapted for use as a complete one-year Sunday School curriculum program. It's been written and rewritten for individuals, small groups, and whole churches.

In 1999, Tim still had a strong desire to share his faith with more and more people through the written word. It was that year that he penned his first full-length publication. For Glory and Virtue: On the Trail of a Disciple was the culmination of a life of doing it the wrong way, following all the wrong paths, and through it all finding the pursuit of the very face of God being one of abandon and passion.

The life of a Christian is real, ever-changing, and depends so intimately on God revealing Himself personally, in prayer, and in His Word. Tim's writing continues to grow as He continues to grow. New resources, new studies, new devotions, and updates of all the materials as God allows, are all indications of a life of growth. But one thing that remains consistent in all Tim's work, writing, teaching, and leading, is the passion for exposing the truth of God in His Word, revealing the character of God in the life of a disciple, and making these graces accessible to the student and reader by connecting it in all points to real life.

Our Guy
Tim Owen, author, publisher, and trainer for Disciple's Path Ministries, is a layman. He was called out by God and found a saving relationship with God through Jesus Christ over 30 years ago. He has since made pretty much every mistake and failed in almost every way a person can fail, and yet God has been so very faithful and has used the life of victory and failure to make Tim more genuine, more real, and more transparent.

He has been called by God to serve in vocational ministries in the world rather than in ministry vocations, so that he might carry the message of the gospel and make whatever impact on his little world for Jesus Christ. In conjunction with that calling, Tim has also been gifted to minister within the church, through teaching, service, and any way possible to do his part in equipping the church to reach the world they are in. He desires to live a lifestyle of evangelism, walk a testimony of change, and stand transparent as a message of the gospel of the cross.

The Lord has moved Tim through various places and tasks, from coast to coast, from north to south, from from physicist to janitor, from education to engineering, and he lives to do and be whatever else God desires in the hopes that he might please and glorify the Master he serves. And he brings this testimony, this experience, and this lifestyle to his writing. Above all, Tim desires that the people he comes into contact with, whether in person, in service, or in words, will find a glimpse of God's work in him and be made closer to the King for having made that connection.

However you find contact with Disciple's Path Ministries, may it leave you well, well-cared-for, and well on your way in your pursuit of the very face and joy of God Himself!

Our Qualifications
Tim Owen, as a speaker and trainer has 14 years education experience and has written over 6000 hours of curriculum for adults and has created over 10 years of youth and college courses in various subjects. He holds a BS degree in secondary education with graduate work in curriculum and instruction. He has developed and taught Sunday School and Bible Study materials for every age group from middle school through senior adults. Additionally, Tim has a strong, varied background in leadership, organizational development, train-the-trainer, psychology/counseling, and adolescent development. This combined with a lifetime of church involvement and service, missions, experiences with church planting, and more, makes Tim both an educated and practical resource to help you or your organization on the path God has set for you.

For more information on the qualifications, convictions, and doctrine of Discple's Path Ministries and Coach's Corner Publications, please feel free to contact us at the address or email listed on our back page.