Joseph W. Tkach, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Second Pastor General of the Worldwide Church of God
Date of Birth: 16-Mar-1927
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 23-Sep-1995
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Joseph W. Tkach
- Joseph W.
- Tkach (; March 16, 1927 – September 23, 1995) was the appointed successor of Herbert W.
- Armstrong, founder of the Worldwide Church of God.
- Tkach became President and Pastor General of the church upon the death of Armstrong in 1986.
- Tkach spearheaded a major doctrinal transformation of the Worldwide Church of God, abandoning Armstrong's unconventional doctrines and bringing the church into accord with orthodox evangelical Christianity.
- His son, Joseph Tkach Jr., continued his work and in 1997 the Worldwide Church of God became a member of the National Association of Evangelicals.During Tkach's tenure, the changes that he implemented stirred much controversy and significant dissent among those who continued to follow Armstrong's theology.
- The dissenters labeled the changes as heresy and many left to form new church organizations.
- Within the mainstream Christian community, some have hailed Tkach's reforms, which brought a church from the fringe to orthodoxy, as unprecedented.
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