Larry Wright - President, T.I.M.E. Ministries
Biographical Sketch
Larry D. Wright
Larry D. Wright currently serves as President of T.I.M.E. (Training In Missions Evangelism) Ministries in Huntsville, Alabama. T.I.M.E. is a mission’s ministry that partners with churches in fulfillment of the Great Commission throughout the world by conducting short-term mission trips. Before his transition from the pastoral ministry in March of 2009 and joining the staff of T.I.M.E., Larry served as a pastor for 34 years. He served the First Baptist Church in Florence, Alabama as well as pastor of Valley Grove Baptist Church in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Prior to that, he served on a church staff in Texas and fulfilled a calling as a vocational evangelist. All together, Larry has been preaching the gospel for over four decades, since 1965 while a senior in high school.
Larry earned a BA degree from Samford University (Birmingham, Alabama) in 1970 with a major in Religion and a minor in history. He graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Fort Worth, Texas) in 1973 with a Masters degree in theology. His ministry extended to a local college campus where he taught religion as an adjunct professor at the University of North Alabama in Florence for seven years.
A published author, Larry enjoys writing as a hobby and employs this skill as a great ministry opportunity. Some of his writings have been published in Homelife and Proclaim, both publications of the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. In addition, Larry has been published in several periodicals including Leadership Journal, Riverview Magazine and the Common Ground. Many of Larry’s works are self-published. Larry’s personal website reflects his desire to help the next generation of leaders and you may also read Larry’s blogs, sermons and favorite articles by visiting this web page at www.leadersbuildingleaders.com or www.timeministries.com.
His other personal interests include golf, duck hunting, Labrador Retrievers and backpacking. Larry and daughters have hiked over 150 miles on the Appalachian Trail and most all of the trails in North Alabama. He and his wife Debby live in Florence, Alabama. They have three daughters and five grandchildren. Jennifer Wright Bokin, a graduate of the University of North Alabama and Mississippi College School of Law, she and her husband Don live in Mobile where she serves as an Assistant District Attorney. She has a daughter named Katie Aubrey. Rebekah Methvin, a graduate of Auburn University, is employed by Abbott Laboratory. She and her husband Roddy have three sons (Tate, Jon Walt and Mills Thomas who is in heaven enjoying the presence of Jesus!) They live in Florence. Stephanie Allen is a graduate of Samford University and the University of Alabama in Birmingham. She and her husband Robbie have one son (William Parker) and live in Madison where she works as a counselor for The Enrichment Center of Huntsville.
Larry may be contacted via email at ldwright@timeministries.com
FEBRUARY 2012 
