“In a small town, people will follow you if they trust you - your character - personally, and that trust has to be built in personal relationships,” he told World magazine. He became a pastor of a PCA church in Hopewell, Virginia, just south of Richmond. Keller was ordained in the Presbyterian Church of America, a denomination founded in Birmingham, Alabama, and with only 300 congregations at the time. Keller attended Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, where he met another student named Kathy Kristy, who later became his wife in 1975. He became a voracious reader of British authors such as John Stott and C.S. As a student at Bucknell University in the late 1960s, he got involved with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Keller was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1950 to William and Louise Clemente Keller. Though we have had times of shock and fear, God has been remarkably present with me through all the many tests, biopsies, and surgery of the past few weeks.” Instagram of Tim Keller’s son michaelkellers Tim Keller had first announced his diagnosis in June 2020 in a Facebook post, declaring, “I have terrific human doctors, but most importantly I have the Great Physician himself caring for me. His family is very sad because we all wanted more time, but we know he has very little at this point.” “He expressed many times through prayer his desire to go home to be with Jesus.
“Over the past few days, he has asked us to pray with him often,” Michael tweeted on May 18. Keller’s son, Michael, had been keeping the public up to date on his father’s health by posting on Keller’s Twitter before his eventual passing. “While we will miss his presence here, we know he is rejoicing with his savior in heaven.”
“We are forever grateful for his leadership, heart, and dedication to sharing the love of Christ with others,” Redeemer said in a statement. “Fifty years from now, if evangelical Christians are widely known for their love of cities, their commitment to mercy and justice, and their love of their neighbors, Tim Keller will be remembered as a pioneer of the new urban Christians,” it read. Facebook preface to one of Keller’s essays in Christianity Today noted that the pastor will go down in history as a pioneer of Christian renewal in cities. In his later years as a pastor and into retirement, Keller wrote bestselling books and remained active in public life. Before long, Redeemer planted dozens of churches in other cities. The services and locations multiplied around Manhattan. In rented auditoriums, Keller preached in professorial style to thousands of young professionals and families. Once a seminary professor, Keller planted Redeemer in New York City in the early 1990s and ministered to the arguably unchurched elite of Manhattan in New York City. He remains famous for his dedication to and passion for urban ministry.
On May 18, he was discharged and placed in hospice care. Keller had been receiving treatment for pancreatic cancer since 2020 and was hospitalized earlier this week following complications from his medication. He passed peacefully in his home in New York City on May 19 of complications from pancreatic cancer. Timothy Keller, founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, has died at age 72.
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