Tullian Tchividjian

William Graham Tullian Tchividjian, commonly known as Tullian Tchividjian (pronounced TUHL-ee-uhn cha-VI-jin; born July 13, 1972), is a deposed pastor originally in the Presbyterian Church in America denomination, and author of more than a half dozen books about Christianity and current issues, including One Way Love and It is Finished (David C. Cook, 2013 and 2015). A grandson of Christian evangelist Billy Graham, Tchividjian founded an Evangelical Presbyterian Church congregation before being tapped to merge it and become the second senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (after the church's late founder and longterm leader, D. James Kennedy). Serving 2009-2015, Tchividjian resigned after allegations of an extramarital affair, the first of more than one to which he would admit, the initial admission being sufficient for his being deposed by his denomination as unfit for Christian ministry. In addition to his book publications, Tchividjian blogged for some time for The Gospel Coalition, has contributed to a variety of secular and Christian publications, and has appeared on a variety of major televisions news programs. As of December 2016, the Christian publisher David C. Cook remained committed to publishing Tchividjian's next book. 2Biography 3Early life and education William Graham Tullian Tchividjian, whose third given name is shortened from his namesake, the theologian of antiquity, Tertullian, was born on July 13, 1972, in Jacksonville, Florida. He is one of seven children of Stephan and Gigi Tchividjian, Gigi the eldest daughter of Billy and Ruth Graham's five children, and Stephan, a psychologist of Swiss-Armenian ancestry. Through his mother's side, he is the nephew of evangelists Franklin Graham and Anne Graham Lotz. He attended the Westminster Academy, an educational ministry of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for a time, but is described as having dropped out during a period of rebellion—sinking into South Florida's "pleasure-saturated culture" [as quoted by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in 2007 and 2009, and] …then [coming] to a personal faith in Jesus at the age of 21 and return[ing] to a Christian lifestyle. In this same rough time frame, he attended and graduated from Columbia International University, in Columbia, South Carolina, with a B.A. in philosoph