[Magdalen] Church as Personality Billy Graham

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Jim
 
I believe the 700 Club still runs and is supporting Superbook which we are  
running as an outreach to Primary school children in my Benefice
 
Blessings
Martin
 
 
In a message dated 04/04/2015 22:40:35 GMT Daylight Time,  
jguthrie at pipeline.com writes:

From:  Revd Martin Dale via Magdalen
>secretary  Jessica Hahn in 1980 and  resigned in 1987, when it came to 
light

Met her once and spoke with her  on the phone, as the church where she was 
secretary bought airtime on the  radio station I worked for in the mid 
1970s, 
Very nice, I  thought.

The biggest scandal, I think has never really seen the light  of day -- 
maybe 
because at the time, Pat Robertson was running for  President and no one 
wanted 
to point out the ethical  problem.

Robertson's "700 Club" and associated programs had mostly  switched to 
Cable in 
the late 1970s -- he was a pioneer in cable network  ministry (along with 
Paul 
Crouch in California). The programming --  whether produced by Robertson;s 
outfit's or third party televangelists all  pleaded for (tax exempt) 
monetary 
contributions. And 700 Club itself would  hold begathons as well, raking in 
millions of dollars.

At some  point, Robertson decided to sell his cable network, and garnered 
almost 
4  Billion with a B dollars for it, along with some over-the-air stations 
he  
owned and had been supported on the same basis.. Quite a personal haul  
considering the source of revenue that built it all. You tax dollars at  
work, as 
they say. (Robertson's Network became the ABC Family Channel. He  reserved 
an 
hour of time every night at 11 PM for one hour to continue the  700 Club -- 
don’t 
know if it's still on the air).

He put lots of  that money into establishing and building his Regent 
University, 
which  turns out lawyers, who, among other things, make great mischief 
amongst  
mainline churches and their synods and dioceses and property  ownership.

Cheers,
Jim Guthrie