PAUL CROUCH
The network has grown to 47 satellite stations and 12,500 affiliates, reaching nearly 100,000,000 households globally. Paul Franklin Crouch, raised in Missouri, is the son of Pentecostal missionaries. He became interested in amateur radio at an early age and announced he would use such technology to "send the Gospel around the world." He attended the Central Bible Institute in Springfield, Missouri. In the early 1950s, he worked for the Assemblies of God as a film librarian. He married his wife, Jan, in 1958. His sons are Matt Crouch and Paul Crouch Jr. In 1961 he was hired to run the Assemblies of God's broadcast production facility in Burbank, California, and from there he left to start Trinity Broadcasting Network in 1973. He claims that a vision from God in 1975 led him to move the network into satellite transmission. Crouch family members control the boards of all Trinity network entities, which makes Trinity "ineligible to join" the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, an evangelical self-regulating group. According to Charity Navigator, Trinity Broadcasting Network paid him $419,000 in 2004 and gives the Trinity Broadcasting Network a rating of two out of four stars. His wife earned $361,000 and son Paul F. Crouch Jr. earned $105,803. In addition, Crouch has produced products for the Trinity Broadcasting Network such as books and videos that account for a portion of his income. On December 23, 2005, Mr. Crouch broke four ribs and underwent surgery to repair internal bleeding and building fluid in the chest cavity suffered after he took a fall. His son, Paul Crouch Jr., said his father was doing "just fine" after the surgery and was expected to make a full recovery. Hello World! A Personal Message to the Body of Christ. (autobiography) (Nelson, 2003) I Had No Father But God The Omega Code: Another Has Risen from the Dead. Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 Shadow of the Apocalypse. (Berkley Trade, October 5, 2004)
If you are interested in products by Paul Crouch, the link below will take you to his page at Christianbook.com, where you will find product descriptions, ratings, reviews, retail prices and discounts. BiographyMinistries has partnered with ChristianBook.com (the world's largest Christian products distributor) for your convenience if searching for any of Paul Crouch's products. (1) Christianbook.com has an impressive proven track record of over twenty-five years experience providing the best in Christian products at the lowest discount prices along with outstanding customer service. (2) They are Customer Certified, meaning (over 1,000,000 customers have rated this store since 1999), with an overwhelming, overall Rating of: 'Outstanding' (in every category) according to Bizrate.com (3) Christianbook.com is also a Circle of Excellence Sixth-Time Award Winner! (Bizrate) The links below will also take you to Christianbook.com but to the specific page where that book is located.
return from Paul Crouch to Biography Ministries This link opens a new window if you want to visit TBN 
|
