Talking Local Church with Pastor Tim Higgins

Kevin Kompelien is the 17th president of Trinity.

Rev. Kevin Kompelien previously served as the president of the Evangelical Free Church of America for nine years, from 2015-2023. Before that time, he was the international leader for the Africa Division with ReachGlobal (the international mission of the EFCA) and a senior leader of the mission.

A graduate of TEDS (MDiv ’83), Kompelien served over twenty years as pastor of two EFCA churches. In addition, he served on the North Central District Board, chairing the church planting committee, and on the Central California District Board (now EFCA West). In June 2019, President Kompelien was presented with an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois. A native of Thief River Falls, MN, Kompelien and his wife Becky have been married for 42 years. They have four grown, married children and nine grandchildren.

Tim Higgins is the Senior Pastor at North Suburban Church, a position he has held since 2019 after serving as Associate Pastor from 2016 to 2019. Responding to a call to pastoral ministry, Tim enrolled at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 2013 and earned his M.Div. in 2016. He has contributed to The Gospel Coalition and Rooted, demonstrating his commitment to thoughtful engagement with theology and ministry.