AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON 12/13/2012

FILE NOS: 811-08228

33-73248

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	x
Pre-Effective Amendment No.	¨
Post-Effective Amendment No.	[50]
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	x
Amendment No.	[51]

(Check appropriate box or boxes.)

THE TIMOTHY PLAN

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

1055 MAITLAND CENTER COMMONS

MAITLAND, FL 32751

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

407-644-1986

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code:)

ARTHUR D. ALLY, 1055 MAITLAND CENTER COMMONS

MAITLAND, FL 32751

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Please send copy of communications to:

DAVID D. JONES, ESQUIRE

395 Sawdust Road, #2137

The Woodlands, TX 77381

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable following effective date.

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

x immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

¨ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)

¨ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

¨ on (date),pursuant to paragraph (a)(3)

¨ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

¨ on              pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:

¨ this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

Registrant declares hereby that an indefinite number or amount of its securities has been registered by this Registration Statement.

A Rule 24f-2 Notice for the Trust’s fiscal year ended Septmber 30, 2011 was filed on December 19, 2011.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, The Timothy Plan (the “Trust”) hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 50 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the city of Winter Park and the State of Florida on December 13, 2012.

THE TIMOTHY PLAN
By:	/s/ Arthur D. Ally
	ARTHUR D. ALLY
	Chairman, President and Treasurer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 50 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Arthur D. Ally ARTHUR D. ALLY	Chairman, President & Treasurer- Trustee	December 13, 2012
/s/ Joseph E. Boatwright* JOSEPH E. BOATWRIGHT	Trustee, Secretary	December 13, 2012
/s/ Matthew D. Staver* MATTHEW D. STAVER	Trustee	December 13, 2012
/s/ Deborah Honneycutt* DEBORAH HONEYCUTT	Trustee	December 13, 2012
/s/ Charles E. Nelson* CHARLES E. NELSON	Trustee	December 13, 2012
/s/ Scott Preissler, Ph.D.* SCOTT PREISSLER, Ph.D.	Trustee	December 13, 2012
/s/ Alan M. Ross* ALAN M. ROSS	Trustee	December 13, 2012
/s/ Richard W. Copeland* RICHARD W. COPELAND	Trustee	December 13, 2012
/s/ Kenneth Blackwell* KENNETH BLACKWELL	Trustee	December 13, 2012
/s/ William W. Johnson* WILLIAM W. JOHNSON	Trustee	December 13, 2012
/s/ John C. Mulder* JOHN C. MULDER	Trustee	December 13, 2012
/s/ Patrice Tsague* PATRICE TSAGUE	Trustee	December 13, 2012

* By Arthur D. Ally, Attorney-In-Fact under Powers of Attorney

Exhibit Index

Exhibit 101.INS-	XBRL Instance Document
Exhibit 101.SCH-	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
Exhibit 101.DEF-	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
Exhibit 101.LAB-	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
Exhibit 101.PRE-	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentatin Linkbase