Dr. Tom Hendrikse

Chairman
  • B.A. from Florida State University,
  • J.D. from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University
  • M.Div. from Knox Theological Seminary, Christianity & Classical Studies Award
  • D.Min. from Knox Theological Seminary

 

For  ten years, Tom was a practicing trial lawyer before accepting the call  in 2001 to become the Senior Pastor of Rio Vista Community Church, a  large PCA congregation in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is widely known  throughout South Florida for his Christ-centered, expositional preaching  ministry.

 

Since 2007, Tom has served as a member  of the Board of Directors for Knox Theological Seminary. He also serves  on the Board of Directors for Renew South Florida, which exists to  identify, develop and resource leaders to start new churches in South  Florida. Tom is also both a graduate of and a frequent speaker for  Lifework Leadership, an organization which is committed to transforming  leaders by clarifying their calling, challenging their minds, and  engaging their hearts for service. In addition, Tom has served as a  professor of practical theology for Evangelism Explosion, traveling as  far as Fiji to train pastors and EE representatives from a variety of  nations, specifically in the discipline of preaching Christ from all of  the Scriptures. Together with Dr. Gage, Tom has led several biblical  study tours to Israel as well as Egypt, Jordan, Greece, and Turkey. He  is a happily married father of three children.

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