Isithombe sikaDkt. UJoseph Tkach

UJoseph Tkach unguPastor General noSihlalo weBhodi le «IBandla LikaNkulunkulu Lomhlaba Wonke », I-WKG ngamafuphi, i-English "ISonto LikaNkulunkulu Lomhlaba Wonke". Kusukela 3. Ngo-April 2009 isonto laqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi «Umusa Womhlaba Wonke ». UDkt. UTkach usebenze iWorldwide Church of God njengesikhonzi esimisiwe kusukela ngo-1976. Usebenzele imiphakathi eDetroit, eMichigan; EPhoenix, e-Arizona; UPasadena noSanta Barbara-San Luis Obispo.

Ubaba wakhe, uJoseph W. Tkach Sr., waqoka uDkt. Tkach kuMfundisi Jikelele. Umdala uTkach washona ngoSepthemba 1995 lapho uJoseph Tkach eba nguMfundisi Jikelele.

UDkt. Ukuqeqeshwa kukaTkach kufaka phakathi ukuya e-Ambassador University kusuka ngo-1969 kuya ku-1973, lapho athola khona iziqu ze-master in theology. Ngo-1984 wathola iziqu kwezokuphathwa kwebhizinisi eWestern International University ePhoenix, e-Arizona. NgoMeyi 2000, wathola i-PhD kwezenkolo e-Azusa Pacific University, e-Azusa, eCalifornia.

Okuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe njengosonhlalakahle kwaqala ngo-1976 esebenza e-Arizona's Boys Ranch, inhlangano ezimele. Wayenomsebenzi wokusungula nokwenza izinhlelo zokuvuselela abenzi bobubi abasebancane. Ukusuka ngo-1977 kuya ku-1984 wasebenza njengosonhlalakahle esifundazweni sase-Arizona. Ubhekane nezinyathelo zokweseka amathuba okuthuthuka abantu abanezinkinga emphakathini. Kusukela ngo-1984 kuya ku-1986 wayesebenzela i-Intel Corporation ePhoenix, lapho ahola khona umnyango ngokuqhubeka nemfundo emkhakheni wezinsizakalo. Ngo-1986 waqashwa yiChurch Administration yeWorldwide Church of God. 

Ukukhula kobuKristu, ukushumayela ivangeli kanye nobunye kubaluleke kakhulu kuJoseph Tkach. Usebenza ebhodini labaqondisi beNational Association of Evangelicals futhi ukhonza emkhandlwini wesonto weAmerican Bible Society. KwiMission America usekela futhi axhumanise inethiwekhi yobuKristu ezimfundisweni ezingezona ezebhayibheli zezinye izinkolo. Ubuye asebenze ekomidini lobudokotela lase-Azusa Pacific University. Uhambela izingqungquthela zaminyaka yonke zesifunda nezamazwe ngamazwe nabaholi be-Worldwide Church of God ukukhuthaza ukukhula kwamaKristu, ukwabelana ngemibono, nokuxoxa ngezinhloso zeSonto zonyaka ozayo.

Wazalwa ngo-23. Wazalwa ngoDisemba 1951 eChicago, e-Illinois, futhi wachitha isikhathi esiningi sobuntwana bakhe lapho kwaze kwaba yilapho abazali bakhe bethuthela ePasadena ngo-1966. Yena nomkakhe, uTammy, bashada ngo-1980. Banendodana, uJoseph Tkach III, nendodakazi, uStephanie.