While he was in college Tyler began serving as NEBC's youth pastor. He became a full-time staff member in 2000. On January 25, 2009, the NEBC membership welcomed him as NEBC's new senior pastor. About his call to ministry Pastor Tyler writes:

God has allowed me to be surrounded by ministry my entire life. Having a pastor/father in a home no doubt exposed me to the heart and guts of ministry and church work from an early age. Seeing my father pour his life into ministry eventually rubbed off on my life and I began to develop the same desires and passions. I am certain that God allowed me to grow up in the family I did to help instill in me the desire for ministry.

My spiritual gifts are teaching, shepherding, serving, and exhortation—gifts that help to confirm my call to ministry. Without these specific gifts, I believe it would be hard to justify a man being able to capably lead the flock. I also believe my calling is genuine because of the great satisfaction and contentment that result from serving.

In short, I have a deep inner longing—a compulsion—to serve in the ministry!