Joseph W. Tkach

Joseph W. Tkach was born March 16, 1927, in Chicago, the youngest of five children. He grew up in the Russian Orthodox faith, but eventually his family became interested in the Radio Church of God through the radio broadcast of Herbert W. Armstrong. He became President and Pastor General of the church upon the death of Armstrong in 1986. He died of a heart attack on January 7, 2007.

About Joseph W. Tkach in brief

Joseph W. Tkach was born March 16, 1927, in Chicago, the youngest of five children. His parents were originally from Czechoslovakia. He grew up in the Russian Orthodox faith, but eventually his family became interested in the Radio Church of God through the radio broadcast of Herbert W. Armstrong. In 1974, he was ordained to the rank of preaching elder. In March 1981 Armstrong ordained him to rank of evangelist. In 1997 the Worldwide Church of. God became a member of the National Association of Evangelicals. His son, Joseph T kach Jr., continued his work and in 1997 the church became a members of the N.A.E.C.P. He was the appointed successor of Armstrong, founder of the church, in 1986. He became President and Pastor General of the. church upon the death of Armstrong in 1986, and led the church into accord with orthodox evangelical. Christianity. He is survived by his wife, Elaine Apostolos, and his three children: Joseph Jr., Tanya, and Jennifer. He died of a heart attack on January 7, 2007. His funeral was held on January 9, 2007, at his home in Pasadena, California. His burial was held at the Los Angeles International Airport on January 10, 2007; his funeral was attended by his family and many of his former church members. He has a daughter, Jennifer, and a son, J.R., who are still active in the church. He also has two grandchildren, Tanya and J.A., and a step-grandchild, Jennifer T.

Kinsman, who is also a church leader. He had a great-great-grandson, Joseph J. Tinsman Jr., who is now a pastor at a church in Los Angeles. His great-granddaughter, Jodi Tinsley, is a former pastor at the church and is the daughter-in-law of former church leader, Roderick C. Meredith, who was later to lead a breakaway church from the WCG. His grandson, Joseph Kinsler, is the current president and pastor general of the Worldwide. Church. He served in the U.S. Navy near the end of World War II and afterward returned to his native Chicago. He suffered from severe ulcers and was required to stay on a special diet. His wife then suggested that God would heal him if he were to become a minister in Armstrong’s church. Although skeptical, he accepted the suggestion of becoming a minister and he found himself cured, never again to suffer from the ulcers. In 1968, the church would change its name in 1968 to the WorldwideChurch of God. It was a church characterized by the strong influence of its founder and his unique doctrines based on his own interpretation of the Bible. In the late 1970s a period of financial and leadership disputes occurred within the church hierarchy, with church treasurer, Stanley Rader, at the center of many of the disputes. The church was placed in financial receivership by the Attorney General of California, George Deukmejian.

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