Tommy Tenney

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Tommy Tenney (b. 1956) is an American preacher, most famous for his message of "God Chasing".

In his influential book The God Chasers (1999), Tenney relates experiences of being "in the presence of God", including one occasion when a pulpit was purportedly divinely split in two. He teaches that every Christian should pursue an intimate relationship with God, and that supernatural occurrences are an ordinary outcome of the pursuit.

He also wrote Hadassah: One Night with the King with Mark Andrew Olsen. It was made into a film, released in October, 2006, in the United States. The film was #9 on the top ten highest grossing films during the week it was released. His wife, Jeannie Tenney, wrote the song, "One Night with the King", which she sings during the film's ending credits.

[edit] Background

Tommy Tenney was raised in a Oneness Pentecostal denomination the United Pentecostal Church International His father, Rev. Tom F. Tenney, has held the position of District Superintendent of the Louisiana District United Pentecostal Church, a since 1978. According to his web site, Tommy Tenney hold to a Oneness Pentecostal view of God ^[1].