The 700 Club

religious television program

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The 700 Club is a religious talk show founded by Pat Robertson in 1960. It was originally aired on the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), which Robertson also founded. The program features discussions on religious topics, news from a Christian perspective, and interviews.

The 700 Club became a prominent platform for televangelism, with Robertson hosting until 2021. The show has sometimes courted controversy due to its hosts' conservative views and public statements on social and political issues. While other Christian networks like the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) also exist, The 700 Club has been a long-standing fixture in religious broadcasting.12

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…mainstay was his talk show, The 700 Club—originally hosted by the rising televangelist Jim Bakker, who left CBN in 1972. Robertson subsequently founded CBN University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and it opened to students in 1978. The school’s name was changed to Regent University in 1990.
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…mainstay was his talk show, The 700 Club—originally hosted by the rising televangelist Jim Bakker, who left CBN in 1972. Robertson subsequently founded CBN University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and it opened to students in 1978. The school’s name was changed to Regent University in 1990.
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