Worth Baptist Church

United States Marine and Evangelist

To escape the world around him, he joined the Marine Corps in 1969. After his training, he received orders to serve in southeast Asia. In March of 1971, he was apprehended by the hand of God along an abandoned grassy trail in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam. In that moment, engulfed in smoke, fire and holy vengeance, a land mine explosion severed two lower limbs, and placed in a wheelchair for life a young man who was to carry, without legs, a message from God to a nation.

After his call to preach in 1973, and following a year of itinerant evangelistic preaching, Tim Lee pastored for five years in southern Illinois before surrendering to the full-time ministry of evangelism in 1979. The results in the lives of people was almost immediate as the former Marine began to stir and challenge God’s people across the country. People of all ages listened; among them teenagers, the professional person, United States Congressmen and Senators, Governors, Mayors and elected officials. They heard a clear, uncompromising message grounded deep in old fashioned patriotism, righteous living and biblical revival.

Pastor of Worth Baptist Church

Dr. Willie W. Weaver was born in Fort Worth, Texas, but spent his formative years in Louisiana. He resides in Burleson with Carolyn, his wife of fifty years. God has blessed Dr. and Mrs. Weaver with two children and five grandchildren.

With a keen heart for missions, Dr. Weaver has always led strong, missions-minded churches known for innovative leadership of missions conferences. His desire is to continue pastoring, to win precious souls, and to take the Gospel to every creature.

Answering God's call thirty-five years ago, Dr. Weaver first pastored People's Baptist in Harrisburg, Virginia for seven years; then Calvary Baptist in Connersville, Indiana for twenty years, and beginning in 1997 through the present, Worth Baptist in Fort Worth, Texas. His local church background includes time as a youth director, and twenty and twenty-seven years in television and radio ministries respectively.

Dr. Weaver has served as Secretary, Vice-President and a three year term as President of the Independent Baptist Fellowship International (IBFI). He was also the President of the Norris Bible Baptist Institute (NBBI) for three years and has served as editor of the "Searchlight", the official publication for the IBFI. Dr. Weaver is presently an instructor at the Crown Southwest Norris Seminary, teaching various courses. He holds a B.D. degree from the Bible Baptist Seminary and an honorary D.D. from Louisiana Baptist University.

Dr. Weaver faithfully served as pastor of Worth Baptist Church from 1997 to 2015.

Pastor Tyler Gillit became Worth’s Senior Pastor in January of 2016 after he served on staff for eight years. Pastor Gillit graduated with a Bachelor of Biblical Studies Degree from The Crown College in 2006 and a Master of Ministries Degree from Crown Seminary in 2007 and a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2024. He and Tori were married in 2006 and they have two children, Will and Anna. He is passionate about expository preaching and making disciples in Fort Worth and around the world.

Bro. Earl Sides is the Discipleship Pastor at Worth Baptist Church.

Pastor Earl Sides joined the Worth Baptist Church staff in March of 2016 and serves as the Director of Discipleship and the leader of Bridge to Recovery. He and his wife Niki have three sons, Cody, Colin, and Christian.

Before coming to Worth, he served as Youth Pastor, Associate Pastor, and Music Minister of Calvary Baptist Church in Cleburne, Texas under the leadership of Pastor Charles Payne. Bro. Sides has over thirty years of experience as a youth pastor in churches in Ohio and Texas.

Gabe Ruhl is the pastor of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Chico, CA . He graduated from West Coast Baptist College in 2002 and while serving in ministry, he earned his Master's Degree. One of the greatest joys of his life is to serve the Lord with his wife, Susanah, and their four children.

Bro. Cory McGuire is the Music Minister at Worth Baptist Church.

Bro. Cory McGuire serves as Music Minister and teaches the Crossroads (Young Adult) Sunday School Class. He is also the Director of Camp Liberty in Oakwood, Texas.

He has grown up at Worth Baptist Church, and he and his wife Heidi have served in full-time ministry since 2009. The McGuires graduated from Pensacola Christian College and have four daughters, Emma, Kate, Abby, and Eden.

Dr. Bill and Marcy Patterson's main focus has been Bible translation and church planting, but they have also worked in training Bible translators, establishing Bible institutes, developing ministries for youth and children, and speaking in conferences. Dr. Patterson is the President of Mount Abarim Baptist Mission International and the Director of the Bethesda Children’s Homes in Tlapa, Mexico. They are member missionaries of Worth Baptist Church.

Dave Delaney is the pastor of First Baptist Church in Long Beach, CA.