This section needs expansion with: brief, sourced description of the history and role of the title subject at the New City, and better descriptions of activities between 20 (at Coral Ridge), and between 20 (after Willow Creek). degree at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando in 2001, and was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination. Tchividjian subsequently earned an M.Div. then to a personal faith in Jesus at the age of 21 and return 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.
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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'. Tchividjian's older brother, Basyle "Boz" Tchividjian, is a former Professor of Law at Liberty University School of Law in Lynchburg, Virginia, and the founder and former CEO of Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment (GRACE). Through his mother, he is a nephew of evangelists Franklin Graham and Anne Graham Lotz. 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. 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.
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William Graham Tullian Tchividjian ( / ˈ t ʌ l i ə n tʃ ɪ ˈ v ɪ dʒ ɪ n/ born July 13, 1972) 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.