Tim Frakes Productions

Cook, Write, Pray


Despite challenges, Tom Christensen has learned to trust God in every circumstance. Here is the testimony of a single parent, letter-carrier turned chef, author and cancer survivor. Tom is a member of Lombard Bible Church, a part of the Christian and Missionary Alliance.

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Herald of Truth


Herald of Truth, is an Abilene, Texas based ministry founded in 1952 that reaches out to individuals through media, the internet and events, doing what the local church can’t. Bill Brant, the President of Herald of Truth (and my professor back at Harding University) asked me to put this image video together.

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The Bread Shed


The Bread Shed is a grass roots, faith-based, volunteer organization in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, that feeds the hungry, both spiritually and physically while sharing the love of Jesus Christ.

My friend Jim Ward asked me to help this growing organization make a video about their work. Big thanks go out to Briana Freeland and Kevin Fields for their help with the production. Also, thanks go out to the Ward family for their hospitality.

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St. Stephen Martyr Lutheran, Canton, Ohio

Where Love Lives, Love Grows is a capital campaign video I produced for St. Stephen Martyr Lutheran Church in Canton, Ohio. St. Stephen is a healthy, growing congregation in the Northeastern Ohio Synod, ELCA. St. Stephen is working with Kairos and Associates on a campus development campaign.

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Alianza Church, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Zac and Julie Stutler work with the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The Stutler’s and another husband/wife team, Jeff and Deborah Climie, launched a new congregation in this upscale resort community called Alianza. While recording footage for a project with the Alliance Women Ministries, I was able to put this video together for them.

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Cuban churches of Christ Spread Gospel

In the years following the 1956 Cuban Revolution, a hand full of scattered churches of Christ that began in late 1930?s, dwindled to a few hundred members. Today, revival is spreading across the island.

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Exploring a Century of Change

Exploring a Century of Change: Protestant Missions, 1910-2010 is a documentary I produced for the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. In 1910 Protestant Missionary societies gathered in Edinburgh, Scotland to plan for missionary activity in the next century. This is the story of how things turned out and where Protestant missions are headed in the 21st century.

The program features leading scholars such as Brian Stanley, Edith L. Blumhofer, Peter Vethanayagamony, Robert J. Priest, Nelson Jennings and Kathryn T. Long.

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Building Men for Christ: Lutheran Men in Mission

This is a video I produced for Lutheran Men in Mission. Lutheran Men in Mission builds men’s faith, relationships and ministry through men’s events, the resources they produce and ongoing leadership development. We recorded stories for this video in Chicago and Denver, Colorado.

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Together in Mission 2010

This is a video I produced for the Florida-Bahamas Synod of the ELCA for their 2010 Synod Assembly through Kairos and Associates. The family and I (minus Emily who is away at college) toured Florida for a week; Naples to Fort Lauderdale, Port St. Lucie to Clearwater. They played while I recorded stories of mission and ministry. I did manage a sunset in Naples and 6 holes of golf in Port St. Lucie! Here are the results.

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Together in Mission: Haiti

There is a new Lutheran Church in Haiti. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Haiti is a growing body of believers with 12 congregations scattered across Haiti. The Florida-Bahamas Synod of the ELCA asked me to put this video together for the 2010 Synod Assembly.

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