Joseph Tkach Jr.
Joseph Tkach Jr. | |
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Tkach in 2014 | |
| Born | December 24, 1951 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Minister |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Website | Official website |
Joseph Tkach Jr. is an American minister and formerly president of Grace Communion International, an evangelical Protestant denomination based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He hosted the weekly web-series Speaking of LIFE.
Since assuming his responsibilities in 1995, Tkach oversaw a period of radical change within the denomination that began during the administration of his father, Joseph W. Tkach. Once a strict seventh-day Sabbatarian organization that denied the Trinity, required observance of Old Testament law and adhered to Anglo-Israelism, the church has abandoned those and other teachings in favor of a doctrine of salvation by grace through faith.