Americans consider prayer ‘gift from God,’ Bush says at National Prayer Breakfast

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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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Americans consider prayer ‘gift from God,’ Bush says at National Prayer Breakfast

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2006-02-03 -- WDC Media News -- WDC Media News Photo: President and Mrs. Bush at National Prayer Breakfast WASHINGTON (BP)--Americans “recognize prayer is a gift from God,” President Bush said Feb. 2 at the National Prayer Breakfast. Addressing an annual event that began in 1953 during President Eisenhower’s first administration, Bush spoke about the meaning and worth of prayer in American life. He told the legislators, foreign diplomats, religious leaders and others who packed a hotel ballroom in the capital such a prayer event was appropriate “because our nation is a nation of prayer. In America, we do not prescribe any prayer. We welcome all prayer.” Prayer “is a gift that allows us to come before our Maker with heartfelt requests and our deepest hopes,” Bush said, according to a transcript provided by the White House. “In prayer, we’re reminded we’re never alone in our personal trials or individual suffering,” he said. “In prayer, we offer our thanksgiving and praise, recognizing our lives, our talents and all that we own ultimately flow from the Creator.” By praying, the president said, “we open ourselves to God’s priority, especially His charge to feed the hungry, to reach out to the poor, to bring aid to the widow or the orphan. By surrendering our will to God’s will, we learn to serve His eternal purposes. Through prayer, our faith is strengthened, our hearts are humbled and our lives are transformed. Prayer encourages us to go out into the world and serve.” He said Americans by the millions pray daily for the U.S. troops serving overseas, as well as for the wounded and “those who have lost a loved one.” They also pray for the “protection of innocent life” and peace, Bush said. Americans recognize every citizen can profess any faith he chooses or no faith, the president told the audience. “You are equally American if you’re ... a Jew or a Christian or Muslim,” he said. “You’re equally American if you choose not to have faith.” Bono, lead singer of the rock group U2 and an activist on AIDS and debt relief in Africa, was the keynote speaker at the breakfast. Bono thanked Bush for helping to combat the spread of AIDS and malaria but repeated his call for the U.S. government to give an additional one percent of its budget to the poor of the world, the Associated Press reported. He described as unjust refusing to relieve debts accumulated by predecessors and withholding drugs that would prevent deaths, according to AP. “God will not accept that,” Bono said, AP reported. “Mine won’t. Will yours?” Bush did not comment on Bono’s proposal in his eight-minute speech, which followed the rock singer’s. He commended Bono and told him “the true strength of this country is not in our military might or in the size of our wallet; it is in the hearts and souls of the American people.”

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