Tim Wead
For the past 15 years, Tim Wead's
Performance Ministries has been an
evangelistic ministry dedicated to bring the
Bible alive through dramatic reenactments of
the scripture.
Acting workshops that show actors in your
church drama team how professionals create
characters and realistic performances.
Workshops that develop skits, scenes, &
presentations for your Pastor's sermons
and Tim Wead's Personal testimony and bio.
"Tim Wead's dramatization brought a fresh
perspective of the gospel to our congregation. His
portrayals of two Apostles, Paul and James,
illuminated the text of both Philippians and James."
"Tim Wead performed his presentation of the book of
Philippians at Victory Christian Center. It made the life
of the Apostle Paul more real to all of us. I believe
bringing the word of God to people through drama, can
make it more alive and understandable. Tim's
performance is to Quality!"
"The dramatic portrayal of the Book of Philippians
and the personal sermon application was very
well received in all three of our Sunday morning
services. I was especially impacted."
"What a blessing to see the life of Paul come alive
through the skills of this anointed actor! Thank the
Lord for such an anointed use of drama!"
"Tim Wead's portrayal of Paul in the Philippian's jail
gives the audience great insight into Paul, his living
conditions and surroundings as he wrote the letter to
the church in Philippi. Tim's ministry to the body of
Christ is outstanding; a very powerful presentation."
"It was our joy to have Tim Wead minister to our
congregation. The creative communication that was done
from our platform and the lives that were touched will
long be remembered by our church family. I would gladly
recommend Tim and his ministry to any other church that
desires to communicate the gospel in a relevant and
meaningful way to the people of our culture."
"Outstanding ministry... Your presentation of the Book of
James in dramatic form was both inspirational and
professional. The congregation especially appreciated your
comments and ministry at the close of the performance. It
was indeed a great blessing to have you minister among us."
Peru, when my wife called with the good news that I
was going to be a father.
As my wife's voice crackled through those phone
lines, it suddenly dawned om me that there was
something more important than I was. Up until that
point I had rebelled from my Christian upbringing
and lived my life for myself, and what I could get
out of it. The profession of acting and my life in
general had become a self-centered and
egotistical pursuit. At that moment I knew my life
had to change.
Tim Wead
The drama workshops will put to use his years of training with the legendary acting
teachers Lee Strasberg and Sandy Meisner, ( there students included Al Pacino, Paul
Newman, Gregory Peck, Joan Woodward, Robert Duvall and more). As well as, work with
the, “Second City Improv Group,” (Mike Meyers, Adam Sandler, Steve Martin, etc).and
years of theatrical experience help the former Shakespearean actor bring the words of
the Bible to life.
Mr. Wead has done a play each Christmas called, “The Gospel According to Scrooge,”
at The Rock Family Worship Center, in Huntsville AL., The Carpenter's Home Church, in
Lakeland FL., and New Life Christian Fellowship, in Jacksonville FL.
Mr. Wead has acted in films, television, and stage from the mid-seventies to the early
nineties in Los Angeles. He stared in the Academy Award winning live action short,
"Teenage Father," and the feature films “Seed of Innocence,” and “Heroes Stand Alone.”
In the fall of 1990, he abandoned a promising Hollywood career to devote himself full-
time to a traveling drama ministry he calls, "Performance Ministries."
A frequent television guest star during the 80's. Wead is known for his acting versatility
having starred on "Little House on the Prairie," "Family," "Quincy," and "Fame" to name
just a few of his credits. He has starred on stage for a season at the prestigious Mark
Taper Forum Repertory Theater, in Los Angeles; and starred as Henry Antrobus, in the
“Skin of our Teeth,” and Killroy in “Camino Real,” at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, as well
as staring for six seasons in Will Geer’s Shakespearean Theater in Topanga Canyon
California to.
Recently he has written, directed, and acted in several Christian television programs,
music videos, and plays. He directs and acts in pageants and large productions for
churches, and conducts seminars in acting and production. He wrote a play on the life of
the Wright Brothers for the 100 Anniversary of their first flight in 2003 and presents it
each summer in July near Kitty Hawk NC., at the Dream Center Theater in Nags Head NC.
Wead also travels the country presenting books of the Bible in one-man theatrical
presentations. He has memorized Philippians, James. II Timothy, the first part of Luke,
large portions of John, and portrays the Apostles composing their letters and books.
Mr. Wead lives with his wife Deborah, and sons T. J. and Addison in Arizona.
