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With a background as a rock musician,<\/span> Pastor Tom came to know the Lord in 1975 when he was 24 years old. A few years later, he began his ministry by leading praise and worship for several churches on the east coast traveling extensively throughout New England. In addition to serving in churches in music ministry and extensively studying the Bible, he also established and has operated a successful insurance agency for many years.<\/p>\n In recent years Pastor Tom has served<\/span> on the pastoral staffs of two churches in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, which ultimately led to the formation of Testament of Love Church, launched on March 6th, 2016. The vision is to establish a New Testament Church where a real Savior is the Head and the love and grace of the Father is proclaimed in the power of the Holy Spirit to individuals, families, communities, regions and then the nations.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pastor Laurie was born again in 1984. She has served in various capacities in church leadership through the years. Laurie had a career in the medical field starting as a registered nurse before moving into a management position for several years. At TLC, Laurie serves as Executive Pastor.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Pastor Tom and his wife, Laurie,<\/span> have been married for over 40 years and have lived in the northwest suburbs of Chicago since 1988. They are blessed to have extended family living nearby.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.03)” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n In addition to leading TLC as the Founding and Senior Pastor, Pastor Tom has a heart to serve family, friends and the community in a variety of ways, including:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjQ3In19@” button_text=”Learn more!” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”button_url” _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#FFFFFF” button_bg_color=”gcid-primary-color” button_border_width=”0px” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-primary-color%22:%91%22button_bg_color%22%93}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1U7A9331-Enhanced-NR-30-scaled.jpg” title_text=”1U7A9331-Enhanced-NR-30″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|2px|2px|2px|2px” border_width_all=”3px” border_color_all=”#FFFFFF” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Senior Pastor Tom Totton With a background as a rock musician, Pastor Tom came to know the Lord in 1975 when he was 24 years old. A few years later, he began his ministry by leading praise and worship for several churches on the east coast traveling extensively throughout New England. In addition to serving […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5718,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/5718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Executive Pastor<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Laurie Totton<\/h3>\n
Faith in Action: Pastor Tom\u2019s Heartfelt Ministry to Family, Friends & Community<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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