Tensley Almand
As the President and CEO, Tensley believes that God led him to Atlanta Mission.”Ultimately, to me, coming to Atlanta Mission is the great answer to: What should I do with who I claim to follow, and what I claim to believe?” It’s a question that turned the world upside down and led him to an even more exciting but terrifying set of questions: “What’s next? How can we continue to make this city we love better because we’re here?” Tensley believes Atlanta Mission stands in that crucial gap between broken people and utter destruction and that our city is better because of the work that Atlanta Mission does.
Tensley was born and raised in Atlanta. He and his wife Laurie are parents to four kids – Will, Jake, Eli and Hallie. Prior to Atlanta Mission, he had been in vocational ministry for almost 20 years and for the past 12, was the Lead Pastor of Decatur City Church, one of the eight Atlanta-area churches of North Point Ministries.
He graduated from Auburn University with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and a Master’s of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
