Tullian Tchividjian

{{short description|American pastor and author}}

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| name               = Tullian Tchividjian
| birth_name         = William Graham Tullian Tchividjian
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1972|7|13}}<ref name=E>[https://en.eglise.shop/book-author/tullian-tchividjian/  Eglise Bookshop website, ''Tullian Tchividjian'']</ref>
| birth_place        = [[Jacksonville, Florida]], U.S.
| known_for          = Senior Pastor of [[Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church]] (2009–2015)
| education          = B.A., [[Columbia International University]],<ref name="staugustine"/><br />[[Master of Divinity|M. Div.]] from [[Reformed Theological Seminary]]<ref name="staugustine"/>
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Kim Tchividjian|1994|2015|reason=div}}
* {{marriage|Stacie Phillips|2016}}
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| children           = 3
| parents            = Stephan Tchividjian<br/>[[Gigi Graham]]
| relatives          = [[Billy Graham]] (grandfather)<br/>[[Ruth Graham]] (grandmother)<br/>[[Franklin Graham]] (uncle)<br/>Jerushah Duford (sister) 
}}

'''William Graham Tullian Tchividjian''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ʌ|l|i|ə|n|_|tʃ|ɪ|ˈ|v|ɪ|dʒ|ɪ|n}}; born July 13, 1972)<ref name=E /> is a pastor 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). He is a grandson of Christian evangelist [[Billy Graham]].

Prior to 2015, Tchividjian blogged for some time for [[The Gospel Coalition]],  contributed to a variety of secular and Christian publications, and appeared on a variety of major televisions news programs.

Tchividjian founded an [[Evangelical Presbyterian Church (United States)|Evangelical Presbyterian Church]] congregation. In 2009 he was invited to merge churches 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]]). In 2015, Tchividjian resigned from Coral Ridge after admitting to an [[Adulterous|extramarital]] affair.

In 2019, Tullian Tchividjian planted a new church in Jupiter, Florida,<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|author=Howard, Sam|date= August 17, 2019|title=Exclusive: After Sex Scandal, Billy Graham's Grandson is Starting a Church in Palm Beach Gardens|journal=The Palm Beach Post|language=en|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20190817/exclusive-after-sex-scandal-billy-grahams-grandson-is-starting-church-in-palm-beach-gardens|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817164417/https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20190817/exclusive-after-sex-scandal-billy-grahams-grandson-is-starting-church-in-palm-beach-gardens|archive-date=August 17, 2019|access-date=November 18, 2021}}</ref> called "The Sanctuary".

==Biography==

===Early life and education===
William Graham Tullian Tchividjian, whose third given name is shortened from his namesake, the theologian of antiquity, [[Tertullian]],<ref name=DavisSFSS090130>{{cite news|last=Davis|first=James D.|title=Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church Chooses Pastor|work=[[South Florida Sun-Sentinel]]|date= January 19, 2009 | url = http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/sfl-coralridge0118,0,7957788.story |access-date=January 30, 2009 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090120032300/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/sfl-coralridge0118,0,7957788.story |archive-date= January 20, 2009 | quote = [Quote:] Sunday's announcement capped a year of work by Coral Ridge's 15-member Pulpit Nominating Committee, which considered 150 to 175 ministers in more than 15 states, plus other countries. / Coral Ridge actually approached Tchividjian three times, the minister said. First was in May for the pastorate alone. / The second time, from summer to the end of September, the churches discussed merger, but New City backed away, unsure of the complexities, Tchividjian said. / The committee approached him again just before Christmas and got a warmer reception. "When something comes around a third time, we felt God could be doing something, and we should start asking about it," he said.}}</ref> was born on July 13, 1972,<ref name=E /> in [[Jacksonville, Florida]].<ref name=DavisSFSS090130/> He is the middle of seven children born to Stephan Tchividjian, a psychologist of Swiss and Armenian ancestry, and Gigi Graham, the eldest daughter of [[Billy Graham]] and [[Ruth Graham]].<ref name=DavisSFSS090130/> Through his mother, he is a nephew of evangelists [[Franklin Graham]] and [[Anne Graham Lotz]].<ref name=E /><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/21/obituaries/billy-graham-dead.html New York Times, ''Billy Graham, 99, dies'', article by Laurie Goodstein dated February 21, 2018]</ref> Tchividjian's older brother, Basyle "Boz" Tchividjian, is a former Professor of Law at [[Liberty University School of Law]] in [[Lynchburg, Virginia|Lynchburg]], Virginia, and the founder and former CEO of [[Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment]] (GRACE).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://churchleaders.com/news/367605-basyle-tchividjian-grace-liberty-prosecute.html|title=Basyle Tchividjian Leaving GRACE and Liberty to Prosecute full time|website=Church Leaders|date=16 December 2019 |language=en|access-date=2020-10-23}}</ref>

Tchividjian 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' ... then [coming] to a personal faith in Jesus at the age of 21 and return[ing] to a Christian lifestyle."<ref name=DavisSFSS090130/> In this same rough time frame, he attended and graduated from [[Columbia International University]], in [[Columbia, South Carolina]], with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in philosophy in 1997.<ref name=staugustine>{{cite web|url=https://www.staugustine.com/news/florida-news/2015-08-08/tullian-tchividjian-breaks-silence-about-affair|title=Tullian Tchividjian breaks silence about affair|work=The St. Augustine Record|date=Aug 8, 2015|first=Monique O. |last=Madan|access-date=December 6, 2018}}</ref> Tchividjian subsequently earned an M.Div. degree at [[Reformed Theological Seminary]] in [[Orlando]] in 2001,<ref name=staugustine /> and was ordained in the [[Presbyterian Church in America]] (PCA) denomination in 2001.<ref name=GC>[https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/interview-with-tullian-tchividjian/  Gospel Coalition website, ''An Interview with Tullian Tchividjian'', article by Justin Taylor dated August 31, 2007]</ref><ref name=GV>[https://gracevalley.org/teaching/the-spreading-plague-of-antinomianism-a-critique-of-tullian-tchividjians-one-way-love/ Grace Valley Christian Center website, ''The Spreading Plague of Antinomianism: A Critique of Tullian Tchividjian’s One Way Love'', article by Gregory Perry dated November 11, 2015]</ref>

==Career==
{{expand section | brief, sourced description of the history and role of the title subject at the New City, and better descriptions of activities between 2009 and 2015 (at Coral Ridge), and between 2015 and 2021 (after Willow Creek) | small = no|date=November 2021}}

===New City Presbyterian (Coconut Creek) and earlier===
Before founding New City Presbyterian Church in Coconut Creek, Florida, an [[Evangelical Presbyterian Church (United States)|Evangelical Presbyterian Church]] congregation, Tchividjian spent "a short two-year stint at a Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church in Knoxville, Tennessee".<ref name = CNWrelease>{{cite journal |author1=Devin, Nicole |author2=Rohman, Jane | date = March 16, 2009 | title = Tullian Tchividjian Formally Accepts Call to Serve: Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church and New City Church Agree to Merger | website = ChristianNewsWire.com  | location = Washington, DC | format = press release | url =  http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/772099744.html | access-date = December 11, 2016 | quote = [Quote:] After an exhaustive due diligence process and with the overwhelming support of church members and governing boards, Tullian Tchividjian, 36, has accepted the call to serve as senior pastor at South Florida's Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church. In doing so, the church of 650 people which Tchividjian founded 5 ½ years ago just outside of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida will merge with the 2,200-member Coral Ridge church founded in 1960. }}{{better source needed|date=December 2016}}</ref><ref name=GC /> Tchividjian went on from that position to found and pastor New City in [[Coconut Creek, Florida|Coconut Creek]] - [[Margate, Florida]], about 12 miles northwest of his earlier Westminster Academy school in Ft. Lauderdale,<ref name=DavisSFSS090130/><ref name = CNWrelease/><ref name = CRPChistory>{{cite web | author = CRPC Staff | date = 2009 | title = History: April 12, 2009, May 10, 2009 | url=http://www.crpc.org/history | location = Fort Lauderdale, FL | publisher = Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church (CRPC) | work = CRPC.org | access-date=9 December 2016 | quote = [Quote:] April 12, 2009 (Easter Sunday) - Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church and New City Presbyterian Church, then meeting in neighboring Coconut Creek, FL., officially merge together. Rev. W. Tullian Tchividjian, the grandson of Dr. Billy Graham and then senior pastor of New City, is called by the congregation and Session of Coral Ridge to serve as the second senior pastor in the church's 50 year history. / May 10, 2009 - Rev. Tchividjian is officially installed as senior pastor of Coral Ridge.  Dr. Os Guinness delivers the installation address. }}</ref> ''ca.'' 2003.<ref name = CNWrelease/> The church has been described as "a young church plant."<ref name = MorganCT150822/> As of 2009, New City Presbyterian had a congregation of ca. 650 persons.<ref name = CNWrelease/>

===Coral Ridge Presbyterian (Fort Lauderdale)===
====Merger and installation====
In 2009, a merger between the larger and widely known [[Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church]] in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Tchividjian's New City Presbyterian was negotiated.<ref name = MorganCT150822/> Tchividjian noted at the time that "the denominations [of the merging churches] are both theologically conservative and [they] have maintained a good working relationship over the years."<ref name = CNWrelease/>

As described by Tchividjian and others to James D. Davis, Religion Editor of the ''South Florida Sun-Sentinel'', the process to decide leadership that resulted in the merger of the two congregations was a year-long process managed by "Coral Ridge's 15-member Pulpit Nominating Committee" (Dan Westphal, chair), who evaluated 150-175 candidates nationally and internationally.<ref name=DavisSFSS090130/> Coral Ridge is described as having approached Tchividjian three times during the process, beginning in May 2008, and his having stipulated the necessity of a church merger for him to consider that pastorate at Coral Ridge; the final discussion between Tchividjian and Coral Ridge began "just before Christmas [2008]."<ref name=DavisSFSS090130/>

Westphal announced the committee's selection of Tchividjian, pending congregational approval, to [[Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church|Coral Ridge]] congregants in a Sunday morning service on January 18, 2009, to "[g]asps, then applause" (as described by Davis of the ''Sun-Sentinel'').<ref name=DavisSFSS090130/> The merger of the two congregations was official on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2009.<ref name = CRPChistory/> Tchividjian was approved, with his installation on May 10, 2009 as senior pastor of Coral Ridge, formally succeeding its late founding pastor, [[D. James Kennedy]];<ref name=DavisSFSS090130/> the installation address was delivered by [[Evangelical Christian]] writer and social critic, [[Os Guinness]],<ref name = CRPChistory/> and more than 5,000 are reported to have attended the installation worship service.<ref name=YoungTCP090413>{{cite journal | author = Young, Eric | date=April 13, 2009 | title = Coral Ridge Church Installs Tchividjian as New Senior Pastor | journal  =[[The Christian Post]] | url= http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090413/coral-ridge-church-installs-tchividjian-as-new-senior-pastor/ |access-date= August 25, 2010}}</ref> <!--REMOVED UNTIL SUPPORTED: Although he is as conservative as Kennedy theologically,{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}-->Tchividjian brought with him a less formal worship style from New City, for instance, conducting services in a suit and tie rather than the [[vestments]] Kennedy had worn.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}

====Challenge====
At one time drawing 7,000 worshipers, Kennedy's Coral Ridge "had been in decline" since the death of its famous first preacher in 2007; Tchividjian's presented vision, his relative youth (aged 36 at time of installation), and his association with the famous Graham family<ref>The following source speaks of his "famous name," which we believe is apparent in referring to his being a grandson of [[Billy Graham]]. See "Early life and education," above.</ref> and were seen by the [[church elder]]s as a way to "revive... the aging congregation."<ref name = MorganCT150822/> At the time of Tchividjian's installation, Coral Ridge was described as having a weekly attendance at 1,800,<ref name=DavisSFSS090130/> from a membership of 2,200 persons.<ref name = CNWrelease/> The combined weekly attendance of the merged congregations was anticipated to be on the order of 2,450 persons.<ref>This estimate is drawn from reports and the church news release at the time, specifically, from Coral Ridge being described as having a weekly attendance at 1,800 (see Davis, ''South Florida Sun-Sentinel,'' January 30, 2009), and New City's description as having 650 (see Devin & Rohman, ''ChristianNewsWire.com,'' March 16, 2009).</ref>

However, the response of the church to the difference in pastoral styles, and "Tchividjian's rejection of culture war politics" led to "chaos" in the church, and Tchividjian's recall was sought by a group led by Kennedy's daughter, Jennifer, within 6 months of his installation.<ref name = MorganCT150822/> In its description of the conflict, Bobby Ross Jr. of ''Christianity Today'' describes its outcome as "Tchividjian [having] survived an attempt… by… church members to remove him.<ref name = RossTchividjianCY090924>{{cite journal |author=Ross, Bobby Jr |author2=Tchividjian, Tullian | date = September 24, 2009 | title=Tullian Tchividjian: Allow Your Critics to Teach You | journal = [[Christianity Today]] | format = interview | url = http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/septemberweb-only/138-41.0.html | access-date = December 7, 2016 | quote = [Quote:] The new pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church talks about the effort to remove him from the pulpit. }}</ref>

Tchividjian was retained by a majority of the congregation in September 2009.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crpc.org/publications/crpc_pastorvote_092009.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716202539/http://www.crpc.org/publications/crpc_pastorvote_092009.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-16 }}</ref><!-- REMOVED AS UNSOURCED: ", stating officially that "attendance had doubled in the past year, that 300 new members had been added since Tchividjian was installed, and that 192 people are registered for the next new members class, making it the largest new-members class in the church's 50-year history". FULL DEAD CITATION HERE: {{cite web|title=Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church Gives Its Pastor Overwhelming Vote of Confidence (news release)|date=September 20, 2009|publisher=Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church | url = http://www.crpc.org/publications/crpc_pastorvote_092009.pdf | access-date=October 6, 2009}}--> and the individuals bringing the removal action were described as being banned from the church.<ref name = MorganCT150822/>

====Congregation size====
At its peak, under Kennedy, as many as 7,000 worshipers attended Coral Ridge, although this number had declined between Kennedy's death in 2007, and 2009.<ref name = CNWrelease/><ref name = MorganCT150822/> In a Press Release from both churches just prior to the merger, Coral Ridge was described as having 2,200 members (with weekly attendance at 1,800<ref name=DavisSFSS090130/>), and New City as being "a church of 650 people."<ref name = CNWrelease/> More than 5000 were said to be in attendance on the Sunday of Tchividjian's installation as the church's new senior pastor in spring of 2009.<ref name=YoungTCP090413/> In September 2009 Coral Ridge was described by ''Christianity Today'' as having "2500-member[s]".<ref name = RossTchividjianCY090924/>

====Resignation====
On June 21, 2015, Tchividjian resigned as senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church after admitting to an [[adulterous|extramarital]] affair.<ref>{{cite news | author = Bailey, Sarah Pulliam  | date = June 21, 2015 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/06/21/billy-grahams-grandson-steps-down-from-florida-megachurch-after-admitting-an-affair/|title=Billy Graham's Grandson Steps Down From Florida Megachurch After Admitting an Affair|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | access-date=July 19, 2015}}</ref> On August 11, the South Florida Presbytery of the [[Presbyterian Church in America|PCA]] ruled him "unfit for Christian ministry" and deposed him from his call as teaching elder.<ref name = MorganCT150822>{{cite news|last1=Morgan|first1=Timothy C.|title=Tullian Tchividjian Files for Divorce|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2015/august/tullian-tchividjian-files-for-divorce.html | access-date=August 30, 2015|work=[[Christianity Today]]|date=August 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>As described by Timothy Morgan of ''Christianity Today,'' The PCA's Book of Church Order requires that a Christian minister must display an extended period of "eminently exemplary, humble and edifying life and testimony" before he can be in ministry. See Morgan, ''Christianity Today,'' August 22, 2015, op. cit.</ref>

===Willow Creek (Winter Springs)===
On September 2, 2015 it was announced that Tchvidjian was hired to a non-leadership, non-pastoral staff position,<ref name = BlairCP150903>{{cite news|last1=Blair|first1=Leonardo|title=Willow Creek [Winter Springs, Florida] Church Says No Rules Were Broken in Hiring Tullian Tchividjian | date = September 3, 2015 | url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/willow-creek-church-says-no-rules-were-broken-in-hiring-tullian-tchividjian-144456/ | access-date=December 7, 2016 | work=[[Christian Post]] | quote = [Quote:] The position offered to Tullian is a non-ordained, support position. Recognizing his deposition from office, it does not involve any functions unique to the office of elder in general or teaching elder in particular. }}</ref><ref name = LeeCT160316/> as Director of Ministry Development at Willow Creek Church (PCA) in [[Winter Springs, Florida]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Blair|first1=Leonardo|title=Too Soon? Billy Graham's Grandson Tullian Tchividjian Lands New Job at Willow Creek Church | date = September 2, 2015  | url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/too-soon-billy-grahams-grandson-tullian-tchividjian-lands-new-job-at-willow-creek-church-144352/|access-date=September 2, 2015|work=[[Christian Post]]}}</ref> Tchvidjian was fired from the position at Willow Creek on March 16, 2016, following the disclosure of a second extramarital affair, one predating his earlier admitted affair,<ref>For the actual source texts summarized for this sentence, see the quote appearing in the Lee Morgan citation, ''Christianity Today,'' March 21, 2016, and in the Leonardo Blair citation, ''Christian Post,'' March 17, 2016.</ref> one that had also occurred during his previous position in pastoral leadership at Coral Ridge.<ref name = LeeCT160321>{{cite news | last1=Lee | first1=Morgan | date = March 21, 2016 | title=Tullian Tchividjian Confesses Second Affair Concealed by Two Coral Ridge Elders | url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2016/march/tullian-tchividjian-confesses-second-affair-coral-ridge.html | access-date=April 27, 2016|work=[[Christianity Today]] | quote = [Quote:] When Tchividjian stepped down in June 2015 as lead pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, he explained that he 'developed an inappropriate relationship' with a 'friend' after learning that his wife was having her own affair. His wife disputed his account, writing that his statement 'reflected my husband's opinions but not my own,' but did not offer details. / On March 13, Tchividjian confessed to a prior extramarital affair from 2014, Coral Ridge confirmed to CT. Later in 2014, one of Tchividjian's friends informed two of Coral Ridge's then elders of the affair (one elder left the church prior to this month's revelations).}}</ref><ref name = BlairCP160317>{{cite news|last1=Blair|first1=Leonardo|title=Willow Creek [Winter Springs, Florida] Fires Tullian Tchvidjian After He Confesses to Another Affair | date = March 17, 2016 | url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/tullian-tchvidjian-billy-graham-willow-creek-church-confesses-to-another-affair-159420/page1.html|access-date=April 27, 2016|work=[[Christian Post]] | quote = [Quote:] Willow Creek Church in Winter Springs, Florida, confirmed Thursday that they have fired Tullian Tchvidjian, 43, grandson of evangelical icon Billy Graham, after he revealed a previously unconfessed affair he had with another woman. / "When we heard the disclosures he made just a few days ago, the session acted within hours to end his employment at the church," Willow Creek's Senior Pastor Kevin Labby told The Christian Post in an interview Thursday morning. / "The disclosures that he made involved the fact that he had a previously unconfessed inappropriate relationship with another woman… / In a statement to ''[[The Washington Post]]'' last June, Tchividjian said he began his previously confessed affair after he discovered [his wife] was cheating on him… / His recent confession, according to Labby, contradicts that narrative. The Willow Creek senior pastor indicates that Tchividjian's newly confessed affair occurred prior to discovering [his wife's] infidelity. / When asked what prompted Tchividjian's confession, Labby said new rumors, which he is not at liberty to discuss, had come to light.  }}</ref>

===The Sanctuary (Jupiter)===
In 2019, Tullian Tchividjian announced formation of ''The Sanctuary'', an independent church, meeting in Jupiter, Florida.<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://thesanctuaryjupiter.com/who-we-are Sanctuary website, ''Who We Are'', retrieved 2024-02-29]</ref>

==Other ministries led==
Tchividjian was among those who founded LIBERATE,<ref name=GV /> a resource ministry that held an annual conference, and published music, books and a radio program.<ref>[https://christiantoday.com.au/news/tullian-tchividjians-liberate-ministry-folds-after-affair-revelations.html Christianity Today website, ''Tullian Tchividjian's LIBERATE ministry folds after affair revelations'']</ref> LIBERATE was closed indefinitely after Tchividjian's resignation from Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church.<ref name = MorganCT150822/><ref>{{cite news | author = Ong, Czarina | date = June 26, 2015 | url = http://www.christiantoday.com/article/liberate.ministry.closing.down.after.founder.admits.extramarital.affair/57214.htm | title=Liberate Ministry Closing Down After Founder Admits Extramarital Affair | access-date=July 20, 2015 | work=[[Christian Today]]}}</ref> A related organisation, Liberate Network, was initiated by Tchividjian after his hiring by Willow Creek Church in [[Winter Springs, Florida]], but was disbanded within months of its launch, following his departure from that second church after the revelation of other affairs.<ref name = LeeCT160316>{{cite news | last1=Lee | first1=Morgan | date = March 16, 2016 | title=Tullian Tchividjian Fired by Church, Liberate Board Members Quit | version = updated | url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2016/march/tullian-tchividjian-fired-willow-creek-liberate-board-quits.html  | access-date=April 27, 2016|work=[[Christianity Today]] | quote = [Quote:] Kevin Labby, the church's senior pastor, also announced to Patheos blogger Warren Throckmorton that he and four other board members (out of nine total) have resigned from the Liberate Network… In September, Willow Creek (unrelated to Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois) hired Tchividjian as the congregation's director of ministry development… / The position did not involve pastoral or teaching responsibilities… }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | date = 2016 | title = From the Board of Directors | url = http://www.liberatenetwork.org | access-date = December 7, 2016 |website=Liberate Network | quote = [Quote:] The remaining board members of the recently launched Liberate Network have decided to cancel the 2017 Liberate Conference and dissolve the organization. Those that had registered for the conference will be issued full refunds as soon as possible. / We'd like to thank those that have stood alongside Liberate in championing the message of 'God's inexhaustible grace for an exhausted world.' However it is in the best interest of that very message—which is bigger than any network and any man—for Liberate to come to an end. }}</ref>

==Writings==
{{BLP sources section|date=December 2016}}

===Articles===
Tchividjian has written for ''[[Christianity Today]]'' and other print outlets.<ref name=HP>[https://www.huffpost.com/author/tullian-tchividjian Huffington Post website, ''Tullian Tchividjian'']</ref> In addition, Tchividjian was a contributor to ''Don't Call It a Comeback: The Old Faith for a New Day'', published by the [[Reformation|Reformed]] network called The Gospel Coalition (TGC) in 2011,<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bG7UBhSRgP8C&pg=PA213&lpg=PA213&dq=william+graham+tullian+tchividjian+++Don%27t+Call+It+a+Comeback:+The+Old+Faith+for+a+New+Day,&source=bl&ots=81KYktB8eK&sig=ACfU3U1qd14EbeApaD35GrX2EM8dEm61pA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjzptKsheOEAxWczAIHHe6FDM84FBDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=william%20graham%20tullian%20tchividjian%20%20%20Don't%20Call%20It%20a%20Comeback%3A%20The%20Old%20Faith%20for%20a%20New%20Day%2C&f=false Google Books website, ''Don't Call It a Comeback (Foreword by D. A. Carson): The Old Faith for a New Day'', edited by Kevin DeYoung, Chapter 17]</ref> and was a contributing editor of ''[[Christianity Today]]''{{'s}} ''Leadership Journal''.<ref name=HP />

===Blogging===
Tchividjian was a regular blogger at [[The Gospel Coalition|TGC]] until 2014.<ref>[https://thereforenow.com/2014/05/tullian-and-the-gospel-coalition/ Therefore Now website, ''Tullian and The Gospel Coalition'', article by Jim McNeely dated May 22, 2014]</ref> In 2014, a dispute regarding differing theologies of sanctification<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/kevindeyoung/2014/05/13/what-we-all-agree-on-and-what-we-probably-dont-in-this-sanctification-debate/|title=What We All Agree On, and What We (Probably) Don't, in this Sanctification Debate|last=DeYoung|first=Kevin|date=May 13, 2014|website=TGC}}</ref> was described by TGC founders [[Tim Keller (pastor)|Tim Keller]] and [[D.A. Carson|Don Carson]] as "becoming increasingly sharp and divisive rather than moving toward greater unity," leading the TGC Council to decide to remove Tchividjian's blog from the network's website.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/on-some-recent-changes-at-tgc|title=On Some Recent Changes at TGC|last1=Carson|first1=Don|last2=Keller|first2=Tim|date=May 21, 2014|website=TGC}}</ref> Part of the division stemmed from Tchividjian's teaching, which many within the Reformed community criticized as endorsing antinomianism, a claim which Tchividjian denies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevin-deyoung/antinomianism-its-bigger-than-you-think/|title=Antinomianism: It's Bigger Than You Think|last=DeYoung|first=Kevin|date=January 9, 2014|website=TGC}}</ref> ''[[Christianity Today]]'' described Tchividjian's final blog post on the network as "complain[ing] that he had been abruptly ordered off the Reformed network,"<ref name = MorganCT150822/> but noted that he later apologized for his role in the "very public 'break-up.'"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pastortullian.com/2014/05/30/reflections-on-my-break-up-with-the-gospel-coalition/|title=Reflections On My Break-Up With The Gospel Coalition|last=Tchividjian|first=Tullian|date=May 30, 2014|website=Liberate|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140603185250/http://www.pastortullian.com/2014/05/30/reflections-on-my-break-up-with-the-gospel-coalition/|archive-date=June 3, 2014}}</ref>

As of December 2016, Tchividjian has also written a few blog posts for a variety of other publications, including the ''[[Huffington Post]]'',<ref>{{cite journal | author = HP Staff & Tchividjian, Tullian | date = December 7, 2016 | title = Tullian Tchividjian [search] | journal = Huffington Post | url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/tullian-tchividjian | access-date = December 7, 2016 }}</ref> and the religious [[ecumenism|ecumenical]] website ''[[OnFaith]]''.<ref>{{cite journal | author = OnFaith Staff & Tchividjian, Tullian | date = December 7, 2016 | title = Tullian Tchividjian [search] | journal = [[On Faith]] | location = Austin, TX | publisher = OnFaith, Inc}}</ref>

===Books===
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Tchividjian has written several books. Some of the works are as follows.

* {{cite book |author = Tchividjian, Tullian | date = 2005 | title = The Kingdom of God: A Primer on the Christian Life | publisher= Banner of Truth | location =  Carlisle, PN  | isbn = 0-85151-900-8 | author-mask=1 }}
* {{cite book |author = Tchividjian, Tullian | others = foreword by Billy Graham | date = 2009 | title=Do I Know God? Finding Certainty in Life's Most Important Relationship | publisher= Multnomah [Penguin Random House/WaterBrook & Multnomah] and Knopf Doubleday Religious | location=Colorado Springs, CO and New York, NY  |isbn=978-1-60142-218-7 | author-mask=1 | url = https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1601422180 | access-date = December 7, 2016 }}
* {{cite book |author = Tchividjian, Tullian | others = foreword by Timothy Keller | date = 2009 | title=Unfashionable: Making a Difference in the World by Being Different | publisher= Multnomah [Penguin Random House/WaterBrook & Multnomah] and Knopf Doubleday Religious | location=Colorado Springs, CO and New York, NY  |isbn=978-1-60142-085-5 | author-mask=1 | url = https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1601420854 | access-date = December 7, 2016 }}
* {{cite book |author = Tchividjian, Tullian | date = 2010 | title = Surprised by Grace: God's Relentless Pursuit of Rebels | publisher= Crossway | location = Wheaton, IL  | isbn =978-1-4335-2361-8 | author-mask=1 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PBVFIYR6iCIC | access-date = December 11, 2016 }}
* {{cite book |author = Tchividjian, Tullian | date = 2011 | title = Jesus + Nothing = Everything | publisher= Crossway | location = Wheaton, IL  | isbn = 978-1-4335-0778-6 | author-mask=1 | url = https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1433507781 | access-date = December 11, 2016 }}
* {{cite book |author = Tchividjian, Tullian | others = Zahl, David; Holcomb, Justin & Johnson, Matt  | date = 2012 | title = Glorious Ruin: How Suffering Sets You Free | publisher= David C Cook | location = Colorado Springs, CO  | isbn = 978-1-4347-0515-0 | author-mask=1 | url = https://archive.org/details/gloriousruinhows0000tchi |url-access = registration | access-date = December 11, 2016 }}
* {{cite book |author = Tchividjian, Tullian | others = Zahl, David & Fitzpatrick, Elyse  | date = 2013 | title = One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World | publisher= David C Cook | location = Colorado Springs, CO  | isbn = 978-0-7814-1089-2 | author-mask=1 | url = https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0781410894 | access-date = December 11, 2016 }}
* {{cite book |author = Tchividjian, Tullian | others = With Lannon, Nick | date = 2015 | title = 'It is Finished': 365 Days of Good News | publisher= David C Cook | location = Colorado Springs, CO  | isbn = 978-1-4347-0899-1 | author-mask=1 | url = https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1434708993 | access-date = December 11, 2016 }}

====Reception and controversy====
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''Jesus + Nothing = Everything'' (2011) was the co-awardee of ''Christianity Today''{{'s}} Book Award in the category Christian Living in 2012,<ref>{{Cite journal| author = CT Staff | date = January 2012| title = 2012 Christianity Today Book Awards | journal = Christianity Today | volume = 56 | issue = 1 | page = 44 | url = http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2012/january/2012-book-awards.html | access-date = November 18, 2021}}</ref> and was a finalist in the non-fiction category for the 2012 Christian Book Awards from the [[Evangelical Christian Publishers Association]] (ECPA).<ref name=Toomb_ECPA_2012>{{Cite web|author=Toomb, Sheri|date=March 28, 2012|title=2012 Christian Book Award Finalists Announced|publisher=ECPA.org|url=http://www.ecpa.org/news/87796/2012-Christian-Book-Award-Finalists-Announced.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331211736/http://www.ecpa.org/news/87796/2012-Christian-Book-Award-Finalists-Announced.htm|archive-date=March 31, 2012|access-date=November 18, 2021}}</ref> In 2013, Mark Jones, a minister in the Presbyterian Church of America, published a book on antinomianism that explicitly labeled Tchividjian's book as "one lengthy antinomian diatribe."<ref>Jones, Mark. Antinomianism: Reformed Theology's Unwelcome Guest?. Phillipsburg: P&R Publishing Company, 2013.</ref> Crossway, publisher of Tchividjian's ''Jesus + ...'',<ref name=Toomb_ECPA_2012/> took the book out of print in 2015 for the author's having violated a "morality clause" in his contract with them; per the ''Christian Post's'' reporting on a Tchividjian blog, the book's rights reverted to him.<ref name=ZaimovCP>{{Cite journal|author=Zaimov, Stoyan |date=July 3, 2018|title=Tullian Tchividjian's Book 'Jesus + Nothing = Everything' Republished After Sex Scandal, Divorce|journal=Christian Post|url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/tullian-tchividjians-book-jesus-nothing-everything-republished-after-sex-scandal-divorce-225653/|access-date=November 18, 2021}}</ref><ref>[https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/09/tullian-tchividjians-upside-down-christianity First Things website, ''Tullian Tchividjian's Upside Down Christianity'', article by Christopher Jackson dated September 5, 2019]</ref>

''Glorious Ruin: How Suffering Sets You Free'' (2012) was also a finalist in the non-fiction category for the 2013 Christian Book Awards from the ECPA.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Toomb, Sheri|date=March 17, 2013|title=ECPA Announces 2013 Christian Book Award Finalists|publisher=ECPA.org|url=http://www.ecpa.org/news/119662/ECPA-Announces-2013-Christian-Book-Award-Finalists-Winners-to-Be-Announced-Mon.-Apr.-29-.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324042747/http://www.ecpa.org/news/119662/ECPA-Announces-2013-Christian-Book-Award-Finalists-Winners-to-Be-Announced-Mon.-Apr.-29-.htm|archive-date=March 24, 2013|access-date=November 18, 2021}}</ref>

As of December 2016, the Christian publisher [[David C. Cook]] remained committed to publishing Tchividjian's next book.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Blair|first1=Leonardo|title=Tullian Tchividjian Says His Family Is 'Fighting to Breathe'; Book Publisher Remains 'Committed' | date = December 2, 2016  | url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/sex-scandal-tullian-tchividjian-says-his-family-is-fighting-to-breathe-171877/|access-date=December 7, 2016|work=[[Christian Post]]}}</ref> In 2018, the ''Christian Post'' reported on Tchividjian blogging that indicated that ''Jesus + ...'' would be republished by Fortress Press.<ref name=ZaimovCP/>

===Social media===
Tchividjian has maintained a presence on social media throughout his ministry, and has "remained active on social media" since resigning his ministry positions in 2015, stating to ''Christianity Today'' that "leaving the public eye would undermine the message of [[Grace in Christianity|grace]]" that he had advocated.<ref name = MorganCT150822/>

==Public appearances==
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Tchividjian has appeared on<!--[[CBS News]],{{citation needed|date=July 2015}} FAILED ALL ATTEMPTS TO LOCATE, VIA SEARCH.--> [[Fox News]],<ref>{{cite news |author=Green, Lauren |author2=Tchividjian, Tullian | date = October 10, 2013 | title = Spirited Debate: Has Moralism 'Hijacked' the Christian Faith? | url = http://video.foxnews.com/v/2735263377001/?#sp=show-clips | access-date = December 7, 2016 }}{{dead link|date=October 2023}}</ref> ''[[Morning Joe]]'',<ref>{{cite journal | author = MSNBC Staff & Tchividjian, Tullian | date = December 7, 2016 | title = Tullian Tchividjian [search] | website = MSNBC.com | url = http://www.msnbc.com/search/Tullian%20Tchividjian | access-date = December 7, 2016 }}</ref>  [[Sean Hannity]],<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Know-God-Certainty-Important-Relationship/dp/159328358X Amazon website, ''Do I Know God?: Finding Certainty in Life's Most Important Relationship'', retrieved 2024-02-29]</ref> and the ''[[700 Club]]''.<ref name=HP/>

==Personal life==
In a story done at the time of the announcement of the merger of his New City [[Church planting|church plant]] and Coral Ridge, Tchividjian is described as enjoying "weightlifting while playing the likes of [[Coldplay]] or [[John Mayer]] on his [[iPod]]… surfing when time permits, as well as spending time with wife Kim and their children."<ref name=DavisSFSS090130/>

Tchividjian married his first wife, Kim, in 1994; they have three children, Gabe, Nate, and Genna.<ref name="CNWrelease" /><ref name="MorganCT150822" /> In August 2015 Tchividjian filed for divorce.<ref name = MorganCT150822/>

In August 2016, he married Stacie Phillips.<ref>{{cite web | author = Justice, Jessilyn | date = November 29, 2016 | title=Tullian Tchividjian Marries After Emotional Plummeting From Affair | work=CharismaNews.com | url = http://www.charismanews.com/us/61523-tullian-tchividjian-marries-after-emotional-plummeting-from-affair | access-date = December 7, 2016}}</ref> He is step-father to her two sons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://houston.culturemap.com/news/city-life/03-14-13-houstons-most-eligible-bachelors-and-bachelorettes-10-hot-singles-to-heat-up-your-march/|title=Houston's Most Eligible Bachelors and Bachelorettes: 10 hot singles to heat up your March|website=CultureMap Houston|date=14 March 2013 |language=en|access-date=2019-08-28}}</ref>

==Further reading==
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* {{cite journal | author = DeYoung, Kevin | date = May 13, 2014 | title=What We All Agree On, and What We (Probably) Don't, In this Sanctification Debate | website = TheGospelCoalition.org | url = https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevin-deyoung/what-we-all-agree-on-and-what-we-probably-dont-in-this-sanctification-debate/ | access-date = November 17, 2021 | quote = [Quote:] About two weeks ago Jen Wilkin wrote... "Failure Is Not a Virtue"... register[ing] her concern over celebratory failurisum–"the idea that believers cannot obey the Law and will fail at every attempt." I thought her post... right to expose... possible errors in talking about sanctification, especially when some in the Reformed community have suggested that trying to help people stop sinning is a waste of time... In response, Tullian Tchividjian accused [Wilkin] of "theological muddiness," saying that while failure is not a virtue, acknowledging failure most definitely is... Michael Kruger jumped in, arguing that [Tchividjian's] response failed to distinguish between... use[s] of the law... Mark Jones... came down on the side of [Wilkin] and offered to... debate law and gospel with [him], his fellow PCA pastor. Carl Trueman seconded the idea, and Jared Oliphint weighed in... on the relationship between law and gospel in Reformed theology... I share the concerns raised by [Tchividjian's opponents], and others in this discussion.}}
* {{cite journal | author = Weber, Jeremy | date = May 21, 2014 | title=Tim Keller, Don Carson Explain Why Tullian Tchividjian Was Asked to Leave Gospel Coalition | journal = [[Christianity Today]] | url = http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2014/may/tim-keller-don-carson-explain-why-tullian-tchividjian-tgc.html | access-date = December 7, 2016 | quote = [Quote:] Tchividjian apologizes that his public breakup with TGC has 'given the world the justification they're looking for to disbelieve the gospel.' However, he then added to the ongoing debate over how TGC members have publicly responded to allegations of an abuse coverup by Sovereign Grace Ministries (SGM), revived this weekend after TGC council members C. J. Mahaney and Joshua Harris resigned in the wake of the criminal conviction of a former youth worker at SGM's then-flagship church. / In an interview with the Christian Post's Morgan Lee, Tchividjian strongly criticized how fellow TGC members have defended Mahaney, saying it looks like 'the good-old boys club covering their own' and 'I've just been sort of disgusted by the whole thing.' }}
* {{cite journal | author = Phillips, Richard Davis | date = May 26, 2014 | title=Where the Sanctification Controversy Lies | journal = Christian Post | url = https://www.christianpost.com/news/where-the-sanctification-controversy-lies.html | access-date = November 17, 2021 | quote = [Quote:] The long-simmering controversy over the doctrine of sanctification has heated up considerably... with The Gospel Coalition's removal of Tullian Tchividjian's blog from its website. [Tchividjian] has taken to the media and... made the comment that he has been slandered... that the criticisms against his teaching are based on personal and spiritual defects in his accusers... [and that] there is nothing controversial in anything that he teaches. Hearing this, one has to wonder if he actually has read the concerns raised... (see Michael Kruger's post [arguing] that [Tchividjian] is not responding... to the actual criticisms). Since I am one... who has expressed grave concern over Tullian's teaching regarding sanctification, and... described his blog post on 1 John 5:3-4 as false teaching, let me respond that... the real issues are in fact substantive and not... personal. In the interest of clarification, let me therefore point out where... the controversy lies over Tullian's teaching.}}
* {{cite journal | author = Klett, Leah Marieann | date = March 21, 2016  | title=Tullian Tchividjian Was Advised by Coral Ridge Elders to Be 'Mindful' in Revealing Undisclosed Affair To Wife Because of Children | website = GospelHerald.com | url = http://www.gospelherald.com/articles/63051/20160321/tullian-tchividjian-advised-coral-ridge-elders-mindful-revealing-undisclosed-affair.htm  | access-date = December 7, 2016 | quote = [Quote:]  [A]ccording to a recent report published by The Christian Post, Tchividjian… confessed to having an affair with a married woman two years ago after he was confronted by two Coral Ridge elders. / At the time, he was not advised to step down as lead pastor, but instead was advised not to immediately inform his wife about the matter - she only learned about this last week, a 'highly placed source' told the news outlet. 'To make matters worse, the two elders never informed the rest of the session about this situation.' }}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2007/07/27/tullian-who/ Self-published introduction to guest hosting of blog.]
* {{official website|https://www.tullian.net}}

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