House OKs Military Prayers in Jesus’ Name

STAND IN SUPPORT
OF ISRAEL!
Sign ACLJ Petition :


	Movies: Hidden Secrets One Night with The King Radio: Jay Sekulow Live TV: LivePrayer with Bill Keller Books: Danger Road Networks: TBN

TBN's Acquisition Of 'Holy Land Experience' Theme Park Seeks To Change More Lives

June 9, 2007 ORLANDO -- Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), the world's largest religious broadcaster and America's most-watched faith channel, hopes to change more lives through its addition of the "Holy Land Experience" theme park in Orlando, Fl., to the TBN family. Through the acquisition, TBN will bring an integration of the powerful living recreation of ancient Jerusalem with a cutting edge facility that will be used for television production, dramas, musical concerts, special events and movies.

"This marriage will bring an unprecedented synergy to both ministries and the production that is done there will be seen by a worldwide audience. TBN's involvement made sense, because both ministries are about changing and effecting people's lives. We've been doing that for 34 years," said Paul Crouch, Jr., TBN Vice President of Administration. "We believe this opportunity was heaven sent because it bought TBN an Orlando-based facility to fulfill it's local programming obligations for WGTL CH-52 and it will provide "The Holy Land Experience" with much needed promotion to bring more people to the theme park and Orlando as a whole."

The Holy Land Experience could well be considered Orlando's most inspiring destination as visitors experience a full day of discovery that takes them 2,000 years back in time to the world of the Bible. It brings to life ancient Israel as a unique, thriving world filled with fascinating exhibits and venues. Visitors learn about the Wilderness Tabernacle and the Great Temple; discover the amazing history of the Bible; explore the city of Jerusalem in miniature; see re-enactments of Jesus' ministry, His life, death, and resurrection; and feel the power and passion of our original musical productions.

WGTL TV, Channel 52, has a reach of over four million viewers in the Orlando and Cocoa Beach metropolitan areas with TBN's wide range of innovative faith-based programming. In October of 2006, TBN celebrated the inaugural broadcast of WGTL Ch-52 in Orlando with a dedicatory service attended by TBN founders Paul and Jan Crouch, Pastor Benny Hinn, Singer and Preacher Judy Jacobs hosted by Pastor George Cope and Calvary Assembly in Winter Park, Fl.

The combination of the production facilities and the Holy Land Experience offers Orlando visitors a powerful and unique faith based experience that can be promoted worldwide through the TBN network. The promotional capability can drive visitors to the complex.

"Some of the staff was asking what is going to be the immediate effect here at the park and my answer was 'I'm planning on you having more people coming through the turnstiles this summer,'" said Crouch. "Universal Studios does the same thing. We want the 'Holy Land Experience' to be a faith-based version of that."

About TBN
TBN is the world's largest religious network and America's most watched faith network. Each day TBN offers 24 hours of commercial-free inspirational programming that appeals to people in a wide variety of denominations. Beginning in 1973 as a single UHF station in southern California, TBN now reaches every major continent via 65 satellites and more than 12,500 television and cable affiliates worldwide. In the United States, TBN is available to 92 percent of the total households. Its website receives more than 27 million visitors monthly. For more information on TBN, visit www.tbn.org

	View Print Friendly Version Click to go back to WDC News

WDC MEDIA NEWS
Christian News and Media Agency

House OKs Military Prayers in Jesus’ Name

By Baptist Press

2006-05-13 -- WDC Media News -- WDC Media News WASHINGTON (BP)--The United States House of Representatives has approved a measure that would permit military chaplains to pray in Jesus’ name at public events. The provision gained approval as part of a $513 billion Department of Defense authorization bill, which the House passed in a 396-31 vote May 11. The Armed Services Committee had attached the prayer measure to the overall bill before sending it to the full House. The Senate will still have to approve the language as part of the authorization legislation. The new language says: “Each chaplain shall have the prerogative to pray according to the dictates of the chaplain’s own conscience, except as must be limited by military necessity, with any such limitation being imposed in the least restrictive manner feasible.” The provision seeks to correct what some House members have considered inappropriate military restrictions, especially on evangelical chaplains who normally follow the New Testament pattern of praying in Jesus’ name. The Air Force issued interim guidelines in February that some evangelicals considered a move in the right direction after it had proposed more restrictive rules in 2005. Rep. Walter Jones, R.-N.C., and others said more needed to be done to protect the religious freedom of chaplains. The Navy also has issued guidelines in recent months that permit freedom in prayer by chaplains in voluntary services but call for more limits in public ceremonies in which attendance is required, according to The Washington Post. “We felt there needed to be a clarification” of the guidelines “because there is political correctness creeping into the chaplains corps,” Jones said, The Post reported. “I don’t understand anyone being opposed to a chaplain having the freedom to pray to God in the way his conscience calls him to pray." Rear Adm. Louis Iasiello, the chief of Navy chaplains and a Roman Catholic priest, criticized the provision, however. “The language ignores and negates the primary duties of the chaplain to support the religious needs of the entire crew” and “will, in the end, marginalize chaplains and degrade their use and effectiveness,” Iasiello said in a letter to an Armed Services Committee member, according to The Post. The difference of opinion between Jones, who is contending especially for many evangelical chaplains, and Iasiello illustrates the clash within the chaplaincy over the guidelines. Many former and current chaplains have complained about limitations on praying in Jesus’ name in lawsuits against the Navy. Among these chaplains are 11 Southern Baptists. After the Air Force issued its initial, interim guidelines in August, Jones led 70 representatives and two senators in October to ask President Bush for an executive order protecting the religious freedom of chaplains, including the right to pray in Jesus’ name. Bush, however, did not do so.

Story Source
http://www.bpnews.org/bpnews.asp?ID=23231