Ministry Teaches Families Biblical Models for Entrepreneurial Success

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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

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Ministry Teaches Families Biblical Models for Entrepreneurial Success

2006-08-14 -- WDC Media News --

(AgapePress) - A ministry that strengthens Christian families is extending that vision to encourage them in business ventures. Vision Forum Ministries' first-ever "Entrepreneurial Boot Camp for Christian Families," which started today in Texas, is designed to pull those families back to a biblical approach to work.

Vision Forum's founder, Doug Phillips, says each three-day Entrepreneurial Boot Camp uses biblical examples to show the value of entrepreneurial efforts for discipleship in the family setting. "It pictures the family as a place of different generations working together," he explains, and the program teaches that even in the process of working, entrepreneurship is "part of the discipleship model that God gives us."

That model, the ministry founder asserts, teaches that wealth accumulation can raise up God's people and their families for kingdom purposes and keep them together. Whether the endeavor is in agriculture, direct sales, real estate, or anything in-between, the Boot Camps are designed to highlight the notion that 21st century technology makes it possible for the family to work together in any field.

"So while entrepreneurship may not be the answer to all problems, it certainly is a component to rebuilding the Christian family," Phillips contends. "When we think of the Psalms that talk about righteous and blessed men, we always see them in the context of men who are enjoying the fruit of their labor with their children around them," he notes. "So entrepreneurship is a biblical concept."

On the other hand, the Vision Forum spokesman observes, most of the world's business models separate families, and these models can cause all kinds of problems, from infidelity to poor ethics, largely because they are put into practice outside of the family teaching environment. And sadly, he suggests, many contemporary families -- even Christian families -- have been more affected by the world's model than by the biblical model of business.

"The tragedy is that because modern families have become so incredibly fragmented -- because they cannot see beyond the present -- the result is we are not mighty in the land," Phillips asserts. And another result, he adds, is that "we are losing the hearts of our children."

But Vision Forum Ministries hopes to help families turn these trends around through its Entrepreneurial Boot Camp for Christian Families events. These boot camps are taught by independent businessmen who include their families in their work, and they include sessions on such topics as business models, raising capital, and running a business.

Ed Thomas, a regular contributor to AgapePress, is a reporter for American Family Radio News, which can be heard online.

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