Tullian Tchividjian

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William Graham Tchividjian (born July 13, 1972), a grandson of Christian evangelist Billy Graham, Tchividjian, is a pastor who was barred from ministry of the Presbyterian Church in America and author of more than a half dozen books on Christianity and current topics, including One Way Love and It Is Complete (David C. Cook, 2013 and 2015).

Tchividjian also worked for several secular and Christian publications before his 2015 pastoral departure, and appeared on a number of major television news shows.

Tchividjian founded an Evangelical Presbyterian Church congregation.

In 2009, he was invited to combine churches and serve as the second senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (after the church's late founder and longtime leader, D. James Kennedy).

Tchividjian resigned from Coral Ridge in 2015 after revealing details of an extramarital affair.

This was the first of more than one to which he would admit, with the initial admission being sufficient for his deposition by his denomination as "unfit for Christian ministry." David C. Cook, a Christian publisher, committed to publishing Tchividjian's next book in 2019. Tchividjian established The Sanctuary, an unaffiliated church in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, in 2019.

Personal life

In a story published at the time of the merger between his New City church plant and Coral Ridge, Tchividjian is described as enjoying "weightlifting while playing the likes of Coldplay or John Mayer on his iPod..." surfing as time allows, as well as spending time with wife Kim and their children."

Kim Tchividjian's first wife, Kim, was married in 1994; the three children, Gabe, Nate, and Genna, are three years old; Tchividjian applied for divorce in August 2015.

He married Stacie Phillips in August 2016. He is the step-father of her two sons.

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Career

Tchividjian spent "a short two-year stint at a Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church in Knoxville, Tennessee," before founding New City Presbyterian Church in Coconut Creek, Florida, an Evangelical Presbyterian Church congregation. Tchividjian went from being a teacher in Coconut Creek–Margate, Florida, about 12 miles northwest of his former Westminster Academy school in Ft. Lauderdale, Calif., to a pastor New City. 2003. "The church plant" has been referred to as "a young church plant." New City Presbyterian had a congregation of ca. 61 people as of 2009. There are 650 people on the site.

A merger between the larger and well-known Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Tchividjian's New City Presbyterian Church in 2009 was reached. "The denominations [of the merging churches] are both theologically conservative, and [they] have had a positive working relationship throughout the years," Tchividjian said at the time.

The process to determine leadership, which culminated in the merger between the two congregations was a year-long process led by "Coral Ridge's 15-member Pulpit Nominating Committee," who rated 150-175 candidates nationally and internationally, as Tchividjian and others to James D. Davis, Religion Editor of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. During the process, Coral Ridge was reported to have approached Tchividjian three times, beginning in May 2008 and insisting on a church merger for him to be considered. [2008] Coral Ridge is the final discussion between Tchividjian and Coral Ridge.

In a Sunday morning service on January 18, 2009, Westphal announced that Tchividjian, pending congregational permission, had been selected by the committee to serve "[g]asps, followed by applause" (as described by Davis of the Sun-Sentinel). On Easter Sunday, the two congregations' union was declared. Tchividjian was accepted for as senior pastor of Coral Ridge on May 10, 2009, officially replacing its late founding pastor, D. James Kennedy; the installation address was given by Evangelical Christian writer and social critic Os Guinness, and more than 5,000 people attended the installation worship service. For instance, Tchividjian brought a less formal worship style from New City, namely, attending services in a suit and tie rather than the vestments Kennedy had on.

Kennedy's Coral Ridge had been in decline since the death of its beloved first preacher in 2007; Tchividjian's vision, his relative youth (aged 36 at the time of installation), and his links with the famous Graham family were seen as a way to "revive... the elderly congregation." Coral Ridge was estimated as having a weekly attendance of 1,800 people from a membership of 2,200 people at the time of Tchividjian's installation. According to the combined weekly attendance of the two congregations, it was forecast that the total number of 2,450 people would be on the order of 2,450.

However, the church's response to the differences in pastoral styles, as well as "Tachividjian's opposition to culture war politics" resulted in "chaos" in the church, and Tchividjian's recall was requested by a group led by Kennedy's daughter Jennifer within 6 months of his installation. "Tchividjian [having] survived an attempt... by... church members to kill him," Christianity Today's Bobby Ross Jr. describes the conflict's result as "Tchividjian [having] survived an attempt [by... church members to exclude him."

In September 2009, Tchividjian was retained by a vast number of the congregation, and the individual who brought the removal complaint were described as being barred from the church.

7,000 worshipers attended Coral Ridge in 2007, 2009, and 2009, when it was at its peak under Kennedy. Coral Ridge was described as having 2,200 members (with weekly attendance at 1,800), and New City as being "a church of 650 people," according to a Press Release from both churches just prior to the merger. More than 5000 people were reported to attend Tchividjian's installation as the church's new senior pastor in spring of 2009. Christianity Today's September 2009 Coral Ridge was listed as having "2500-members [s]" (including the children.

Tchividjian resigned as senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church after admitting to an extramarital affair on June 21, 2015. He was arrested by the PCA's South Florida Presbytery on August 11, who found him "unfit for Christian ministry" in his decision.

Tchvidjian was hired as the Head of Ministry Development at Willow Creek Church (PCA) in Winter Springs, Florida, on September 2, 2015. Tchvidjian was fired from his role at Willow Creek on March 16, 2016, the second extramarital affair, one that pretended his earlier admission of an affair, which had also occurred during his previous work in pastoral leadership at Coral Ridge.

Tullian Tchividjian declared the establishment of The Sanctuary, an independent church, in Jupiter, Florida, in 2019.

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