Timothy A. Van Aarde served as a missionary with Burundi Mission, a nonprofit organization, formed to address the need for theological training in the church in Burundi after the civil war ended (2005) from 2008 until 2014. Van Aarde served as researcher for North West University, South Africa (2014-2017), is currently a research associate of the Department of New Testament and Related Literature, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria, and part of the MA development team for Veritas College International, Australia (2018). Van Aarde has served as a voluntary hospital chaplain (2018-2021) and church planter (2020-2021). He is an ordained and accredited pastor with the BCWA (Baptist Church of Western Australia).