High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Reverend Timothy "Tim" Lovejoy is a recurring character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Harry Shearer, and first appeared in the episode "The Telltale Head". Lovejoy is the minister at The First Church of Springfield—the Protestant church in Springfield which most of the show`s characters regularly attend. Initially kind-hearted and ambitious, Lovejoy has become apathetic towards others because of Ned Flanders`s constant personal worries.