700 CLUB - Key Persons
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- Vice President
- Vice President & Co - Host
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- Vice President
- Vice President, CBN International
Ben Edwards joined CBN in May 1984 and now serves as Vice President of CBN International and Vice President of International Operations for Operation Blessing. Ben manages multiple international offices that have both media and humanitarian activities.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- CBN Staff Member
- CEO
- Chairman
- Executive Producer
- Founder
- Member of the Board of Directors
- President
- Executive Producer of CBN Animation 's Superbook
- Executive Producer of Superbook
- Founder and Chairman of CBN
- President and Chief Executive Officer of the Christian Broadcasting Network
GORDON ROBERTSON is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Christian Broadcasting Network, as well as a member of CBN's Board of Directors. He is also President of Operation Blessing, CBN's humanitarian organization; and Chancellor of Regent University.
The son of Pat and Dede Robertson, Gordon graduated from Yale University in 1980 and earned his Juris Doctor degree from Washington and Lee University in 1984. He then practiced law in Norfolk, Virginia, for 10 years.
In 1994, Gordon had a profound encounter with the Lord and moved to the Philippines, where he established CBN Asia. The following year, he founded the Asian Center for Missions (ACM), dedicated to training and sending Asian missionaries throughout the world. ACM is now one of the largest missionary agencies in the Philippines with more than 2,000 graduates trained in cross-cultural missions.
In 1996, Gordon created CBN Asia's flagship television show, The 700 Club Asia, which is now one of the longest-running Christian television shows in the Philippines and is distributed by satellite around the world. Also in 1996, CBN Asia started a humanitarian organization, Operation Blessing Philippines, which has been recognized as "NGO of the Year" by the Philippine government.
Over the next three years, Gordon launched CBN centers in Indonesia, India, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Thailand. He moved back to the United States in 1999 to serve at CBN's headquarters in Virginia Beach.
As Executive Producer of The 700 Club, Gordon oversees all aspects of programming for the ministry. He hosts CBN's original flagship program, The 700 Club; as well as 700 Club Interactive, a daily show airing on Freeform and online; and Miracle Living Today.
Gordon has produced a number of documentaries and features as Executive Producer of CBN Films, including:
Oracles of God: The Story of the Old Testament
Written in Stone four-part series: House of David, Kings and Prophets, Secrets of the Temple, and Jesus of Nazareth
The Asbury Awakening
I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland
Treasures of the Second Temple
Christmas: The Story Behind the Traditions
To Life: How Israeli Volunteers Are Changing the World
In Our Hands: The Battle for Jerusalem
The Hope: The Rebirth of Israel
Whose Land Is It? Jewish and Arab Claims to Israel
Made in Israel
Temple of Heaven, filmed in China
Gordon is also Executive Producer of CBN Animation's Superbook, the reimagined animation series. Its guiding mission is to bring the stories of the Bible to the children of the world in their own languages. With over 65 episodes completed, Superbook has been broadcast to millions of viewers in dozens of languages throughout the world. Other Superbook-themed videos are also being produced and released.
Gordon and his wife, Katharyn, reside in Virginia and have three grown children.
Pat Robertson is founder and chairman of CBN and host of The 700 Club. In 1960, Pat filed incorporation papers under the name, "The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc.," with a vision of proclaiming the Gospel to the world by television. On April 29, 1977, his global vision became reality when CBN's new satellite earth station established the first worldwide Christian television network.
The son of the late U.S. Senator A. Willis Robertson of Virginia, Pat is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Washington and Lee University and holds the degrees of Juris Doctor from Yale and master of divinity from New York Theological Seminary. He has written over 20 books, including The Secret Kingdom, which Time magazine called the number one religious book in America in 1984.
He is the founder, chancellor, and CEO of Regent University. He also founded Operation Blessing International, the American Center for Law and Justice, International Family Entertainment Inc., as well as several other organizations and broadcast entities.
M. G. "Pat" Robertson has achieved national and international recognition as a religious broadcaster, philanthropist, educator, religious leader, businessman, and author. He is the founder and chairman of The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) Inc., founder of International Family Entertainment Inc., Regent University, Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation, American Center for Law and Justice, The Flying Hospital, Inc. and several other organizations and broadcast entities.
Gordon Robertson is the president and CEO of The Christian Broadcasting Network and president of CBN's humanitarian organization, Operation Blessing International.
CBN.com - Gordon Robertson was named chief executive officer of CBN on December 1, 2007. Prior to becoming CEO, Gordon was the vice president of CBN International, the executive producer of The 700 Club and a member of CBN's board of directors.
The son of Pat and Dede Robertson, Gordon graduated from Yale University in 1980 and earned his Juris Doctor degree from Washington and Lee University in 1984. He practiced law in Norfolk, Virginia, for 10 years.
In 1994, Gordon moved to the Philippines and founded CBN Asia. In 1995, he also founded the Asian Center for Missions (ACM), dedicated to training and sending Asian missionaries throughout the world. ACM is now the largest missionary agency in the Philippines with more than 2,000 graduates trained in cross-cultural missions. In 1996, Gordon started CBN Asia's flagship television show, The 700 Club Asia, which is now one of the longest-running Christian television shows in the Philippines and is distributed by satellite around the world. Also in 1996, CBN Asia started a humanitarian organization, Operation Blessing Philippines, which has been recognized as "NGO of the Year" by the Philippine government.
Following the model created in Manila, Gordon started CBN centers in Indonesia, India, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Beijing in 1998 and 1999. After those centers successfully launched, Gordon returned to the USA in 1999. He now co-hosts CBN's original flagship program The 700 Club, as well as 700 Club Interactive, a daily show airing on ABC Family. Gordon oversees all aspects of programming for the ministry in both television and on the Internet.
Gordon is also the executive producer of Superbook, the reimagined animation series, whose mission is to bring the stories of the Bible to the children of the world. The new Superbook has been broadcast to 118 million viewers in 75 countries.
Gordon has also produced award-winning special programs such as Temple of Heaven, filmed in Beijing, China, in 2002; the three-time Emmy-nominated documentary Made in Israel in 2013; and The Hope: The Rebirth of Israel in 2015.
Gordon and his wife, Katharyn, reside in Virginia with their three children.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
Jennifer Whitelaw joined CBN's Board of Directors in 2019. She is the founder of one of the leading intellectual property law firms in the United States and represents some of the world's most well-known brands.
In 1974, due to a call into full-time Christian ministry, Jim Bramlett retired as a regular officer and Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Air Force after 20 years of distinguished military service. He was led to join Pat Robertson and the Christian Broadcasting Network where he headed and helped pioneer the national and later international network of more than 60 counseling centers. He later served as Vice President in corporate human resources. From 1991 to 2001 he was special assistant to the founder and president of Campus Crusade for Christ International, Dr. Bill Bright.
It was in 1971 that Jim says the Lord first began showing him that we are in the last days, prompting an immediate study and continuing interest in biblical prophecy, but he says it was as though the Lord began to "shout it" to him in 1993.
Jim has a B.A. degree from the University of Miami (Florida), an M.B.A. from the Ohio State University, and he is a graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and three other lengthy military professional and managment schools. He is married and has three grown sons.
John Jessup serves as the main news anchor for CBN, based at the network's news bureau in Washington, D.C. He joined CBN News in September 2003, starting as a national correspondent and then covering the Pentagon and Capitol Hill.
His work in broadcast news has earned him several awards in reporting, producing, and coordinating election coverage. While at CBN, John has reported from several places, including Moore, Oklahoma, after the historic EF5 tornado and parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. He also traveled to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during the height of allegations of detainee abuse.
Before making the move to Washington, John reported for NBC affiliates in Missouri and Arkansas. He also interned with NBC News at the network's London bureau.
John earned a degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Missouri. His passion is telling compelling stories about people, their experiences, and how they see the world.
John serves as the news anchor for The 700 Club and works from CBN's Washington Bureau.
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- Senior Fellow With the Hungary Foundation
John Wesley Reid is a senior fellow with the Hungary Foundation. Before moving to Budapest, John worked in Washington, D.C. for over six years covering politics, the Supreme Court, and church relations within the political sphere. John studied political science at Biola University and is an alumnus of Hillsdale College's James Madison Fellowship. During his tenure in D.C., John was the editor-in-chief of Liberty University's Freedom Center, a producer with CBN News, digital media director for the Family Research Council, and he is a contributing author for various publications. John is a veteran of the Marine Corps, an avid hiker, a disciple of Christ, and is often inspired by Instagram cooking videos.
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- Emmy - Award - Winning Journalist
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Vice President
- Vice President, CBN News
CBN Vice President of News | Rob Allman joined CBN to lead the News Department in 2004 after a 20-year career in local news, including stints in Dallas, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.
As CBN Vice-President of News, Rob manages daily operations across three bureaus (Virginia Beach, Washington, D.C., and Jerusalem) that produce content for The 700 Club, the CBN News Channel, CBNNews.com, and CBN social media (YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram).
Before joining CBN News, Rob was the Assistant News Director at KTVT (CBS) in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas. Before that, he spent 13 years as the Executive Producer at WJLA-TV (ABC) in metro Washington, D.C., along with News Director positions at WFMY-TV (Greensboro, N.C.) and WLWT (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Rob graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a degree in Communications; he lives in Virginia Beach with his wife, Peggy, and enjoys spending time with their six children and seven grandchildren.
Former host of Streets of the World, a CBN radio program, Scott is an integral part of the producing team.
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- Co - Host, the 700 Club / Founder, Orphan 's Promise
As a co-host, Terry Meeuwsen brings a diverse portfolio to the set of The 700 Club. She has been a familiar face on CBN programs since the early 1980s.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
Wendy Griffith is a co-host for The 700 Club and an anchor and senior reporter for CBN News based in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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- Member of the Board of Directors