Tim and Marta Carriker Rua Tibúrcio Cavalcante, 451/102
Mireles
60125-100 Fortaleza, CE
Brazil

 

(Information taken from PCUSA website)

The Reverend Charles Timothy (Tim) and Marta Carriker are PC(USA) mission co-workers seconded to the Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil. They began a new assignment in 2007 in Fortaleza, in the northeastern state of Ceará, where they serve at the Fortaleza Theological Seminary. Tim is professor of mission and evangelism.

Tim also works as a missiological consultant, and he is doing research and producing resource materials on mission. He is currently at work on several projects, including the production of a book titled Paul's Apocalyptic Gospel and Ministry. Marta has accompanied numerous short-term mission trips to Brazil by Presbyterian congregations from the United States.

The Carrikers have been PC(USA) mission workers since 1977 ministering all over southern Brazil encouraging the budding Brazilian missionary movement through teaching, writing and conference speaking.

Prior to their assignment in Fortaleza, the Carrikers served in the Missionary Training Center in Florianopolis, where Tim was professor of mission and evangelism and Marta taught linguistics.

From 1993 to 1998, he was professor of mission and evangelism at the Presbyterian Seminary of the South in the bachelor of theology and master in missiology programs. From 1997 to 1998, he also served as chair of the Department of Pastoral Theology at Mackenzie University, a Presbyterian university in São Paulo. He now serves as visiting professor at these schools and at South American Theological Seminary.

From 1977 to 1984, Tim served in camp ministries, evangelism, and new church development in central and southern Brazil. Then from 1984 to 1992 Tim was co-founder, academic director, dean, and professor at the Protestant Mission Center, the first institution in South America to offer long-term training for mission service.

Tim holds a bachelor's degree in religion from the University of North Carolina in Charlotte and a master's of divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He earned a master's of theology in missiology at the School of World Mission at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. His Ph.D. in intercultural studies was also awarded by the School of World Mission at Fuller Theological Seminary. Tim was ordained to the ministry of Word and Sacrament on October 10, 1977 by the then Meclenburg Presbytery of Presbyterian Church (U.S.).

Marta is a native of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. She and Tim married in 1977. She is a proficient linguist and has used her skills to edit, translate, and write materials for publication. Marta is also a talented composer of Christian music. She has served as a teacher of linguistics and language learning for missionaries at the Evangelical Missions Center. While in Pittsburgh, she was involved in ministry to the elderly at Mount Lebanon United Presbyterian Church.

Marta holds a bachelor's degree in English from Virginia Commonwealth University and has pursued graduate studies in language acquisition and cultural anthropology at Fuller Theological Seminary's School of World Mission, where she also served as a teaching assistant in language acquisition. She holds a master's degree in applied linguistics from Universidade Estadual de Campinas.

The Carrikers have three children: Jenny, Tim Jr., and Sarah.