Christian Group Kicked Off UK Campus over ’PC’ Demands

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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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Christian Group Kicked Off UK Campus over ’PC’ Demands

By Kevin McCandless, CNSN.com

2006-02-02 -- WDC Media News -- WDC Media News London (CNSNews.com) - A Christian faith group at a major university in England has been thrown off campus for refusing to open up its membership to all faiths and beliefs. The 76-year-old Evangelical Christian Union announced it would take legal action against Birmingham University’s student council for revoking recognition of the group last month following months of heated negotiations. At the heart of the matter, both sides agree, is the fact that the group refuses to amend its constitution to allow non-Christians or atheists to become voting members. Although the group, which has 100-plus members, says all students are welcome to attend meetings, it insists that it is well within its rights to restrict membership to people who profess faith in Jesus Christ. The union also objected to demands to remove the words "men" and "women" from its charter in order not to offend transsexuals. Pod Bhogal, communications director for the union’s national parent organization, said the events at Birmingham University were unique in his experience. Despite the existence of dozens of Christian Union chapters at universities across the United Kingdom, he said that he’d never seen anything like it. With the mood of the country turning more and more against Christianity, he said, he worried that similar events might now occur elsewhere. "I think we’re going to increasingly see this political correctness gone mad," he said. "Under the guise of tolerance we’re going to see intolerance." Student council president Richard Angell said his organization was obligated to insist on the changes under education laws covering student-funded university groups. He said Birmingham University currently had 13 faith-based student societies, five of them Christian. (The five are Anglican, Catholic, Methodist, Adventist and a social justice group called Fusion.) No other group had a problem making the changes, Angell said. "It had by no means anything to do with their faith. It was simply a matter of following the laws." The student council couldn’t change the law and there was little room for compromise, Angell added. But he said he hoped the university administration would step in to mediate and that a solution could be worked out short of court. "We want to welcome them back as a society. If they can work within the bylaws, that would be brilliant." On Monday, the university administration issued a brief statement saying that it was aware of the "internal dispute" between the two groups and that it "understood" the Christian body had not yet exhausted appeals procedures. The university press office declined to make further comment. Bhogal said he thought the student council -- which controls access to university facilities and some student dues funds -- was confused on the matter. Though opening all clubs to universal membership sounded good in principle, it didn’t work well when it came to some kinds of groups. For example, it would be ludicrous for Christians to tell a Muslim group who its leaders should be, or for conservative students to join a Labor Party group in large numbers. "The problem with that is that when you deal with groups who unite around ideology it really doesn’t work."

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