Pat Robertson

Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson (born March 22, 1930) is an American Christian televangelist, entrepreneur, and Christian right political activist. He is the founder of numerous organizations and corporations including: the American Center for Law and Justice, Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), the Christian Coalition, the Flying Hospital, International Family Entertainment, Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation, and Regent University. He is the host of The 700 Club, a TV program which airs on many channels in the United States and on CBN affiliates worldwide. His strongly conservative views have often provoked controversy, especially his statements recommending the dissolution of the barrier between church and state, the condemnation of groups he believes to be living in sin, and often violent denunciations of perceived communists or radical Islamic followers. Robertson is broadly considered a partisan of the Republican Party and launched a failed bid to be that party's candidate in the 1988 presidential election. He is a Southern Baptist and was an ordained minister with that denomination for many years, but holds to a Charismatic theology. Robertson, as a result of his seeking political office, does not speak in an official role for any church.

Books by Pat Robertson

• The New Millennium
• Answers to 200 of Life's Most Probing Questions
• The Secret Kingdom (1982)
• America's Dates with Destiny
• The Plan
• Beyond Reason: How Miracles can Change your Life
• Turning Tide: The Fall of Liberalism and the Rise of Common Sense
• Shout it from the Housetops an autobiography
• The End of the Age
• The New World Order (1991)
• Bring It On
• The Ten Offenses
• Courting Disaster