Invitation to all who love and appreciate Gary and Michelle Amirault
We, at Tentmaker Ministries, want to honor the memory and legacy of our founders, Gary and Michelle Amirault who both passed away in 2018. We would greatly appreciate your Tribute in recognizing their deep love and commitment to Jesus Christ. To post your Tribute, please scroll to the bottom of this article and click the Leave a Comment link. Thanks so much. Your comment will appear in the page after our moderator approves it.
Elena continues from ABOUT page: “While I haven’t had time to reply to the many emails, I want to thank you all for your condolences and love. While many of you only know the religious side of my father, I have had the honor of knowing him through a different lens. While my father loved a good debate and sharing his beliefs, behind the gruff, he was all heart. I can assure you that he would welcome even those who slander with open arms. If you would like to get a glimpse of the kind of man my father was, I will leave you with a link as well as one his favorite songs. My dad could barely make it through the song without tearing up as the song touched him so deeply and truly represented his heart. I believe he left this earth just as in the song, with no hard feelings in his heart, only as a perfectly broken and flawed human filled with unconditional love and longing for his beloved wife and heavenly father.” Dear Dad No Hard Feelings Elena on life
Video Tributes
More on ABOUT page.
Part 1—for Gary Part 2—for Michelle Part 3—how Gary inspired me as T.M. administrator
Rejoicing and thanking our Father for Elena (Amirault’s) and Scott’s new baby—Sienna!
Let 
us, as a community, thank God and rejoice with Elena and her husband Scott for the birth of their precious and healthy baby daughter, Sienna, born April 29, 2019.
As we all have mourned the passing of our dear friends Gary and Michelle, how much more has their daughter Elena in losing both her parents just months apart—July 31 (mom) and Nov. 3 (dad). You may not know this, but Gary and MIchelle lost their first child—Scott, ten years ago from a diabetic emergency at 35. Elena was crushed losing her only brother whom she admired and deeply loved. The great pain of this has been part of her life ever since. And now, after losing her parents, how can it be described?
So in light of the horrible grief this dear girl has been through, her heavenly Father has now comforted her with a beautiful baby girl whom she adores. And that’s not all, let me share her prayer request the day before her scheduled delivery: “Prayers for a healthy delivery. . . Tomorrow is my brother’s birthday so it would be a special miracle and a real start to healing if that could happen.” Well it happened! Sienna was born on her brother Scott’s birthday—a wonderful answer to prayer! “Thank you Lord!”
Dear friends, in rejoicing with Elena, let’s still remember Elena in prayer as she continues to heal the deep loss of her family. May this special birthday sign help bring deep healing in her heart just as she hoped for.
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First of all. Sorry for any mistakes, English is not my first language, BUT… I need to express my eternal gratitude to the loving ministry of Gary and Michelle. I just found their videos and website about 3 months ago, and I just find out they passed, which make me very sad, because they became to me like a real good friends. I love how Gary reflected in ALL videos a calm, humble and loving character… that only can came from a person who really loves God! I wish I meet them years before. Hope God help the people who will take care of their ministry. Hope they try to save and protect all the videos and the huge amount of info and articles they produced during all these years, because they are a real TREASURE for the people like myself, who lived before with a big conflict and contradictions about God’s character.
If possible, I would like to translate some of the information on Tentmaker.org and create a website in Spanish.
Because, I really believe that this type of information should not be hide or neglected.
Thank to all people who are related to this ministry. God continue helping you to proclaim the TRUTH of Salvation for ALL!
Thank you Gary and Michelle, hope someday I can give you a huge and thank you for help me to discover the truth and glorious message of God!
I cannot express the journey that I am taking again through the Bible as a result of the wonderful articles provided by Tentmakers.I see God in many new ways and read the Bible with entirely new perspective. Thanks to Gary and Michelle.
I have a little bit of a different take on Gary. My hope is not to be offensive, but simply be honest. On my exit out of Christianity, I had a long stop in discussions online with Gary on his forum. If I had to pick any type of Christian for a person to desire to be, it would be what he taught, which is salvation is given to all men from nothing they do on their own. I think he was a rebel in the sense of being in the minority of the Christian world, but his message was far superior in my opinion. I now am non-religious, but he has been on my mind and I am so sorry about his passing. The world needs more people like him to at least comfort those stuck in the hellhole of Christian dogmatism and fear. That would be an improvement whether you are a Christian or not, because a Christian who can be a truly good neighbor is the real world data needed by those outside of it. Best wishes and sorry again for the loss.
Just found your page! So grateful for all who love and share Jesus!
This is terribly sad, I really had no idea this had happened. Was it a recent illness ? I remember writing to Gary about fifteen years ago. I think Michelle might have been unwell at the time. I hope if anyone one of their children read this that you all realise how loved they were.
Gary and Michelle, rest in peace with your dear son Scott. May God/Jesus take care of you in heaven. I have tears in my eyes as I’ve only just read the news of your passing. You and Tentmaker are an inspiration saying all are saved. My prayers that God will comfort Elena and the rest of the family.
From Jane, London, England, UK
I am one of the many who have been blessed by the ministry of Mr. Gary Amirault. His ministry has blessed thousands across the world. His was a faith founded on the power of God’s Love and His overarching and all-encompassing wisdom.
Through his online ministry, Gary brought a positive and hopeful Christianity to many people across the world. His emphasis on God’s love and rational and coherent arguments against the doctrine of eternal damnation would have strengthened the faith of many people.
His was an evangelical and Christ-centred universalism, unlike the many shallow versions. He compiled the many historic and scholarly writings affirming universalism down the ages and made them available to everyone. It was he who first introduced me to patristic literature and early church writings.
I went through a spiritual crisis when I was in college. The traditional view of hell taught in the mainstream churches created great distress and emotional trauma in me. A couple of years later, I came across the website by Mr. Gary Amirault. I still remember the day I first came learnt of the beautiful plan of universal reconciliation. For about a week, I couldn’t get enough. I eagerly read all the articles in the website.
I am saddened to hear of his passing. He has gone to be with the Lord whose love he was so confident of.
Elena, you have been truly blessed to have had such wonderful parents. I pray for your strength and consolation. We will meet him on the beautiful shore.
I have been blessed immensely by the resources you have here at Tentmaker.org, and Gary & Michelle Amirault were the driving force that made it possible. I recommend this site to people all the time, but other than that, there is one other way I can honor their memory and the work they started. I recently read a book that I believe every person in the “Western world” should read, as well as every person who is a Christian. The title is “A General Theory of Love”. It was written by three psychiatrists who researched the importance of the “inter-connectedness” people have with each other and with other mammals. To them, this is the foundation of love, and it fits very well with the message of the bible. The authors lay out a physiological basis of love as a major theme of this book, but also discuss the role of interpersonal transfer of information, and the important effects this information has on us at all levels – physical, mental, and emotional. Presenting the book as scientific, they don’t mention the spiritual aspects specifically, but it is implied by the title of the book. (Most people would agree that love goes beyond emotion) The last several sentences of the book remind me of the last few verses of the Old Testament.
A lot of the book deals with our need to have a connection to another stable human being in order to regulate things that used to be considered “automatic”. Things like our heartbeat, respiration rate, hormone production, etc., were classified as part of the “autonomous” nervous system. Now scientists know that these systems are not as autonomous as we thought. They rely on frequent “re-calibration” to work at their peak. This is particularly true for infants, but it continues all the way up to our dying day. The 7:15 – 9:50 portion of this video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThFuqtLWcQw describes in different terms what I read on this website after Gary passed away, that he died of a “broken heart”. The entire video is interesting, as well as the book, but this is getting too long. I will end by saying that “inter-connectedness” was obviously a major theme to Gary and his wife, along with all those who believe in the restoration of ALL things. Thank God we will all be re-connected as one someday. Gary and Michelle’s efforts helped to bring some of that about in the here and now.
I only just learned of Gary and Michelle’s return to Christ. My waking up, from the Hell Fire / Futuristic teachings of the Church began almost 10 years ago. Garry penned a tract, title: “ADAM SUCCEEDED WILL CHRIST?”
This is still the “cornerstone” of all what I have come to believe. I never knew Gary or Michelle but connected with their Spirit of truth through their words. What an amazing legacy they have left us with. Thank you Tentmaker.
Darren
After reading the book: “Hope Beyond Hell”, I was still on the fence until I watched Michelle’s video “Journey of a Jewish Woman”, thus, her video took me over the top. Her smile, her message, and the joy she expressed was so genuine–it pierced my heart. I literally had no other choice but to “repent”, to change my mind about God’s plan to save and reconcile all of His creation. I am and will be eternally grateful. The Why Guy
If it wasn’t for Gary’s encouraging video’s, I would have never started doing videos of my own. He and his friend Gerry Beauchemin are the two I chose to imitate. I couldn’t have chosen better examples. Thank you Gary. Some day I’ll be able to thank you face to face. The Why Guy
When reading Pauls letters for myself, I came across 1 Timothy 4:10 “That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe.”
A verse that strengthened a hope I had in me for quite a while- that all men should obtain mercy through and by Christ.
So I started to look for comments on this verse, but all just read over it, commenting, that this verse would show that potentially everyone could be saved, if they believe and live a good christian life, and whatever.
But then I came across Gary’s Tentmaker Channel on youtube, and I think I watched all of his videos, I ended up reading Gerry Beauchamin’s book ‘Hope Beyond Hell’ as well- putting the nail in the coffin of Hell for me.
This of course is a great relief for everyone who fears their loved ones, or themselves, to go to hell or eternal obliteration.
So I want to thank everyone involved in the Tentmaker ministries, and especially Michelle and Gary Amirault for their lifetime of service to comfort others.
Though we never met, the Amiraults were used by God to change my life, and give me hope when I was going through depression in High School (mainly because of bad theology). When I first heard the message of God’s plan and INTENTION to save all, I was so surprised an intrigued. I started studying the contents of this website and others, thinking that I would find error (though I hoped, deep down, that it was true). I now proudly proclaim that my God is more loving, merciful, thoughtful, and just than I imagined. I thank these friends as well as Gerry Beauchemin and any others who administer this website, and who advocate truly good news!
I wish I could’ve met Gary and Michelle, but I know that through our Father, that’s definitely possible in the future. I’d love that.
Jesus Christ, Y’shua ha’Mashiach the Savior of the world! Our Savior and God… in God’s loving arms now Gary and Michelle rests. Their ministry and videos online, expressing the unfailing, compassionate love of Jesus, has given so much light into my formerly dark world. A gloomy world where I, in my life’s lonely hour, was heavy laden and burdened by the false interpretations of sheol (falsely called “hell”)
I realized the simple, yet extraordinary and exceedingly awesome truth of “God is Love” much thanks to Gary and Michelle. My prayers will be with Tentmaker and all involved in this fellowship!
Gary and Michelle provided some of the very first resources when I was searching for the Truth. For over fifty years, I thought I had to believe in eternal conscious torment (ECT) since every church I attended either taught it or had it in their Statement of Faith. After hearing the controversy over Rob Bell’s book “Love Wins”, I thought it was a wonderful concept (especially since I had suffered terrible fear and dread due to the ECT doctrine), however, critics were saying his argument was weak because of those terrifying verses that the church used to support the doctrine. When I found the tentmaker site, I was amazed at all the videos Gary and Michelle had prepared and the vast number of articles and books they made available.
Thanks to Gary and Michelle, I was introduced to the reality that most Bible versions had been badly translated and badly misinterpreted and realized that the earliest church fathers believed the Truth and many people over the centuries also believed. Then I got Gerry Beauchemin wonderful book “Hope Beyond Hell” and Boyd Purcell’s “Spiritual Terrorism: Spiritual Abuse from the Womb to the Tomb” and realized that the extraordinarily difficult life I have lived was largely the result of that horrific doctrine. Praise and thanks to the Father, Son & Spirit of Truth for the lives and ministry of Gary and Michelle.
Some years back I searched under “salvation for all” and found Tentmaker Ministries. I was overjoyed to watch videos which encouraged me in my beliefs gained from personal intense bible study and leading of God’s Spirit. The humility of Gary and the power of his message really touched me. The church has lost the simplicity, purity and power of the Gospel and needs more Gary and Michelle’s our there bringing hope and light to the world
I have never met Gary or Michelle in person, but I know we would be good friends. I’m excited for the day, one day, to give Gary especially a brotherly hug and to hold on to him as long as is comfortable for him. I’ve been blessed by his videos and ministry and thank our Heavenly Father for the life of Gary. People will not agree on everything (yet), but when you look at Gary, you cannot deny he loved God passionately and tried to live out that love as best as he humanly could. Even while he is sleeping, his example and his work is a beacon of light, not of his own, but that of our awesome saviour, Jesus, Yeshua Messiah.
Life-changing godly information, I am so glad the joy I found and the fear I lost through this ministry
I didn’t had the first contact with non eternal torment through Gary’s work but the interview he made with Pastor Louis Abbott was reassuring and I think about some points in it many times since. The books on his site are also very good, I’m translating one form 1871 that I got there.
Although I live in Kenya and never managed to speak to Gary and Michelle in person, I count them amongst the most treasured and important people in my life. This is because at a time of deepest spiritual turmoil the tentmaker website ‘rescued’ me. Having found no one that could guide me out of the fear and confusion that came from seeming references to eternal hell, in desperation one day I googled the words ‘eternal hell’, and the tentmaker website came up. I knew at once that I had found what I was looking for; a truth about scripture that brought love, joy and sanity. I cannot express the relief. I went on to read Gerry Beauchamin’s precious book ‘Hope beyond hell’, which put so many things into their right perspective. Of course what exactly happens after we pass ‘through the veil’ is still a mystery, but I sort of hope I will get to express my love and gratitude to Gary and Michelle in person when I do.
I was so blessed by the writings of Gary. I was so shocked at their passing, even tho they are with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. they are still here in my heart and spirit. I will keep reading their writings and watching their videos. Prayers to the family. God bless Tentmaker .
Eternal torment has always bothered me. Gary and the materials he has collected on tentmaker.org have helped me see that God wants to, and will, save everyone. I can’t thank him enough.
Words fail to express how wonderful it is that Gary and Michelle dedicated their lives….their time and resources…to sharing the temporally embattled but eternally and universally victorious gospel of Jesus Christ. It is a testimony to faith and grace and the echo of it will resound throughout the ages along with the efforts of all who seek to proclaim the eternal purpose of God, the ultimate redemption, salvation and restoration of all through our Lord Jesus.
Tentmaker.org was the beginning of my journey into the truths of the Victorious Gospel of Jesus Christ I will be forever grateful.
wow,words cannot even begin to express my gratitude. Tentmaker had more to do with me gaining knowlege that Jesus is
indeed the savior of all mankind than almost anyone else.
I happened across Gary’s videos on Youtube and from there the TentMaker Website. All of it richly blessed me and confirmed what I had, for decades, believed in my heart but was never taught in any Church I had ever attended. I am now a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the ones I attend all believe in UR. I still have questions, but I thank God for leading me to Gary and Michelle Amirault’s videos. I regret I never had the opportunity to converse with either of them as Michell fell ill about the time first connected with their ministry.
Thank you to Gary and Michelle. Through Carm I found this place many years ago, through some of the people from here, who then also posted there. It was the best of spiritual healing times, for me, learning of His victory for all mankind.
So sorry to hear of their passing. They were precious ministers of the Kingdom, who blessed many. May their memory never be forgotten.
I am so sorry to hear of Gary and Michelle’s passing. I return to tentmaker.org time and time again for the hope that it points me to, that God is able to and will save us all. I firmly believe this but when I falter I return here for strength. Thank you.
Sixteen years ago while walking and listening to some cassette tapes
the tentmaker.org web site was mentioned. Although I was not a “hard shell” ET (eternal torment) person Gary and Michelle opened my eyes
to the Victorious Gospel and that has changed my life.
A few years ago had the pleasure to meet Gary and although he was
going through a trying time with Michelle’s illness, was a blessing for me. To this day Tentmaker is a daily read/study. Praise the Lord!
Gary and Michelle’s ministry has been a wonderful blessing for the Church. Through their website, they have accumulated a treasure trove of resources for spreading the good news of God’s universal love and His plan to save all of His creation from sin and death through Jesus Christ. This good news was instrumental in my faith journey over 11 years ago when I was struggling with the concept of a God who would eternally torment anyone who didn’t believe in Him. I am grateful to God for leading me to resources like Tentmaker which helped me see the majesty of His love, and I know the Holy Spirit will continue to use this ministry to lead others to this beautiful gospel as well. May Gary and Michelle rest in peace with Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World.
Even though I never met Gary and Michelle, I feel like knowing them somewhat via Tentmaker. I believe this website is life-saving and I am very grateful for Gary and Michelle’s work and dedication. Learning God is the Saviour of the World not only helped me out of the anguish I had over the afterlife (http://tentmakerwordpress.hopeforallfellowship.com/forum/profile/Abigail/?area=showposts;start=125), but also totally renewed my thinking about God’s character and brought me so much closer to the heart of God.
I had hardly been on the website last year, so I found out Gary and Michelle had passed away just recently. I was going through a period in which I had unnoticed strayed from God’s heart and felt empty and far away from God. When I opened Tentmaker and I watched Gary’s last video about Michelle, I started crying because I felt with him and my heart started opening up again. I also read Elena’s memories, and it struck me how important the salvation of all was for Gary and Michelle and how they had given so much of their lives to spread the really good news. I realized again it is just not one of the many dogma’s of christianity, but it is the very core of God’s message to us. I had filed it somewhere in the back of my mind and the old, false ideas about God had unconsciously crept in again. The example of Gary and Michelle again brought me back to really seeking and finding God’s heart: the all-good, all-wise, almighty Father of Creation.
Thank God they left a beautiful and lifegiving heritage to the world.
Tentmaker has been, and continues to be, a major resource in my search for truth. Truth that had eluded me, despite 50 years of faithful church attendance. These writings played a significant role in opening my eyes, and coming to the realization that there were things (in fact, many things) that I had been taught in church, in Sunday School, and even in Bible college that were completely false. As false as they could possibly be. In fact, a slap in the face of a loving and merciful God. I was actually ashamed of myself for ever believing such a load of lies. Not only that, but these “new” truths would most certainly be considered heresy by the very church establishment I had devoted my life to. Thank you, thank you, thank you, and please if at all possible, keep these truths out there for the others who will too have their eyes opened some day.
Your web site has excellent material. I bookmarked the website
Thanks to Gary and Michelle’s love for the Father and for others -and thanks to the untold hours they spent researching and compiling the tentmaker website… I am alive!
Approximately one year prior to the suicide death of our youngest child, Jared (a military veteran struggling with PTSD and TBI issues), my husband Hugh and I had started searching for better answers to questions that were developing in our hearts. Each time I went on a Google search for information on “hell”, tentmaker site or her sister site would come up in the search. I would visit the site, but I would leave fairly quickly, as my background in “traditional” ET made the concepts highly uncomfortable. Over the next few months, the Holy Spirit gently nudged me back to tentmaker again and again. Finally – it clicked!!! Father really really is that Good! Jesus really is the Savior of ALL MANKIND!!! Everyone really is included!!!
On December 31st, 2016, our precious, precious son left life through suicide… Had Father not freed us from the horrible lies we believed about Him – I would have joined my son in death. I could not have endured the excruciating layer of unbearable pain this would have added to the indescribable grief of losing a child through suicide…
Gary and Michelle will ALWAYS have a special place in our hearts and will NEVER be forgotten!??
When concluding a bible class I asked if there were any concerns for prayer. Immediately an older lady spoke up saying that she was concerned that her children would not received Christ as Savior and go to hell. There was nothing I could do to ease her concern as that was what I had been taught for many years. When I went home I decided to take a look at the topic of hell but all I could find were articles that only reinforced what I heard before. Then I “stumbled” on Tentmaker’s article on the English word hell. It started me thinking and over a period of time and coming back to Tentmaker I came to see the truth of Universal Salvation. I have shared with other who have now also come to the same belief.
Thanks Gary and Tentmaker.
Like so many others, I have been profoundly impacted by the love and grace of the Amiraults and the many others who have been keeping this website going. It was no coincidence that we all met here. May we allow our Lord to live in and through each one of us as He did for Gary and Michelle.
I am so sad to hear both Gary and Michelle are not here. Their website ministry filled with Christ centered studies have been a steadfast stream of teaching available every time I needed it. Because of them, I was brought to see the truth that all will be saved, and brought to inner peace over the nagging fear of loved ones going to hell. I deeply admired them for taking the stand for The Glorious Gospel especially because standing alone as they did, they suffered a lot of hurt and rejection over the years.
How the search began for me: 5 years ago, my son came home from his friends saying that they did not believe in hell. I said, Well I guess that makes them heretics! Then I thought why would I say that as it had not ever occurred to me to do any kind of study on the subject. Like many Christians, I believed the interpretations given me by Church leadership. Right then, I turned to Google with “Old Testament scriptures on hell.” Up came What the hell is hell? I was actually a little afraid to continue, but thankfully I did. All the wonderful writings Gary kept on the websites continued my amazing newfound joy adventure which I’m very thankful for. I will remember them with much admiration and love as soldiers leading the battle for the Greater Truth revealed in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Truth is hard to find, even when one is actively and objectively looking for it. When I came across temtmaker.org , it brought a bright shining ray of hope to my life. I had some terrible struggles dealing with hell, all the while never being able to believe in it as it is believed in most teachings. Gary and Michelle dedication to the truth and sharing it will forever resonate wave upon wave of influence in my life and that of this world. What an amazing contribution of tears and sweat, and mostly love they have given me. I will forever be grateful and indebted to them. The truth will indeed set you free.
I encountered Gary and Michele about 8 years ago while researching Universalism. Immediately both of them encouraged and advised me, even though I was an Australian and we never actually met. Gary was pleasantly surprised on learning that I had enrolled at university to study theology. He asked questions especially on Koine Greek and our email correspondence grew. Sadly, in later years life got in the way and our communication faded. When I went to reconnect I learned of his and Michele’s passing. It was like losing one’s parents.
Cliche that it is, but heaven is richer and we are poorer with their passing.
My journey into freedom began with 2questions I took before the Lord. Lord why, if I am forgiven and not numbered among the wicked, do I gnash my teeth in my sleep and have to wear a night guard? And why does the tithing message given at church depress me? … in my stumbling around on the internet, for answers, I found Tentmaker.org. After embracing The Victorious Gospel, I wept for 3 weeks with joy, and I no longer grind my teeth in my sleep and I have liberty not to tithe. I now have a healthy fear of the religious spirit, and shield my heart from it at all costs. …..please, keep these truths alive and going around the world for others to find. God bless Gary and Michelle, and their daughter and all their friends!
Gary and Michelle have completely changed my life. When i found out his wife went to be with the lord I cried, then months later Gary went to be with his Wife and The lord and i couldn’t even contain myself. They showed me what it is to give actual good news. Thank you thank you thank you.
I sincerely thank you for the ministry; I have closure knowing that I will be able to spend an eternity with Jesus and my family ? ?
I was afraid because of my sins, and I repent everyday
Along with www.withoutvowels.org, Tentmaker has helped me see some valuable truths my excellent Wife was trying to tell me. Should have listened to her first but thank God tentmaker was there to back up my Wife’s infalliable logic!!!!!!!
Long ago, I got rescued from the traditions of men…due in great measure, to Gary & Michelle’s Tentmaker. Belated heartfelt thanks to the Amirault’s. I wish I had posted this long before their passing…