PAT ROBERTSON IS

INTERNATIONALLY

KNOWN AS THE HOST OF THE "700

CLUB",

ONE OF THE LONGEST PROGRAMS IN

TV

HISTORY. HE'S LED THE CHRISTIAN

BROADCASTING NETWORK TO HIS

AFFILIATED

ENTITIES.

Pat: AT CBN WE BROADCAST IN

ABOUT 150

LANGUAGES. WE HAVE SEEN BETWEEN

500 TO

600 MILLION PEOPLE ACCEPT JESUS

THROUGH

THIS MINISTRY.

WE'VE SEEN MILLIONS OF

PEOPLE ACCEPT

GOD AND THIS HAS TRANSPIRED BY

THE

MILLIONS.

BECAUSE HE CARED ABOUT THE

POOR, HE

STARTED THE HUMANITARIAN

RELIEF. HE

TOUCHED THE LIVES OF MORE THAN

46

MILLION PEOPLE PROVIDED AID AND

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CLEAN

WATER.

Pat: WE DISTRIBUTED ABOUT 1

HUNDRED

MILLION POUND OF FOOD AND

SUPPLY TO

CITIZENS OF AMERICA EVERY YEAR.

IN ORDER TO LAUNCH FURTHER

CHRISTIAN

LEADERS, HE ESTABLISHED IN 1978

FOR

STUDENTS. THERE ARE 59-DEGREE

PROGRAMS

ON CAMPUS AND ONLINE WITH

16,000 ALUMNI

IN 84 COUNTRIES.

Pat: WE HAVE WON THE NATIONAL

CHAMPIONSHIP AND TOOK THE ROAD

OF YALE.

WE WON THE NATIONAL

CHAMPIONSHIP. ANY

NUMBER REGIONAL COMPETITIONS.

OVER 200

FILM AWARDS. WE WON THE COLLEGE

OSCAR,

THE BEST STUDENT USE MOTION

PICTURE IN

THE NATION. WE HAVE 500

TEACHERS OF THE

YEAR. WE HAVE 23 SITTING

JUDGES. WE

HAVE PEOPLE IN CONGRESS AND

STUDENTS

FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

PAT'S INFLUENCE WENT BEYOND

CHRISTIAN MINISTRY AND

EDUCATION.

BEGINNING EARLY IN HIS PUBLIC

LIFE PAT

CONSULTED WITH CHURCH AND

CHRISTIAN

LEADERS AROUND THE WORLD AND

CONTINUES

TO WITH MANY PRESIDENTS AND

WORLD

LEADERS. RECOGNIZING AS

POLITICAL

CONSERVATIVE PETITIONED PAT TO

RUN FOR

NOMINATION IN 1978 MODELED BY

HIS

FATHER WHO SERVED 32 YEARS IN

CONGRESS.

Pat: MY FATHER WENT TO

CONGRESS WHEN

I WAS A CHILD. I REALIZED MY

FATHER WAS

A PUBLIC SERVANT AND HE WAS

THERE TO

SERVE THE PEOPLE. THAT HAS IN

VIEWED ME

WITH A SENSE OF A CALLING TO

SERVE.

HOWEVER PAT'S DECISION TO

STEP AWAY

FROM SUCCESSFUL MINISTRY AND

EDUCATION

WAS DIFFICULT.

I DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT. YOU

KNOW, I

HAD A GOOD LIFE AND VERY

IMPORTANT

MINISTRY AND I DIDN'T WANT TO

GET INTO

THIS THING. I SPENT MANY DAYS

AND HOURS

PRAYING. I BEGAN TO REALIZE

THAT THE

DUTY WE OWED TO OUR GOVERNMENT

WAS LIKE

THE DUTY WE OWED TO GOD AND AS

CHRISTIANS, YOU KNOW, WHAT

BROOK SAID

TO TRY AS A GOODMAN TO DO

NOTHING. IF

WE DIDN'T TAKE THE ROLL AND

ENTER INTO

THE POLITICAL SCENE, THEN BY

DEFAULT

THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE

IN WHAT

WE DID WOULD BE IN CHARGE. SO

THAT WAS

PRETTY CLEAR.

THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU.

US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT

CALLED THE

SECOND WIN IN A RACE IN A FIELD

AS A

SITTING VICE-PRESIDENT.

I WON FIVE STATES AND CAME

IN SECOND

IN SEVERAL OTHERS. I CAME

SECOND IN

TEXAS, SECOND IN MAINE AND

SOUTH DAKOTA.

I ENTERED THE RACE FOR

CHAMPIONS OF

CONSERVATIVE VALUES TO SPEAK ON

GREAT

MORAL ISSUES IN OUR NATION AND

I

ENTERED THE RACE TO WIN. I DID

NOT WIN.

BUT NOT ALL WAS LOST AS

PRESIDENTIAL

RUN GAVE RISE TO A FAMILY OF

POLITICAL

GROUP. AND DOCUMENTED HOW PAT

BECAME

THE POLITICAL VOICE FOR

MILLIONS OF

AMERICANS.

HIS POLITICAL INFLUENCE GREW

ENORMOUSLY AFTER HIS RUN FOR

THE

PRESIDENCY. HE'S HAD A POWERFUL

PRESENCE IN AMERICA AS A

POLITICAL

SPOKESMAN FOR MILLIONS OF

AMERICANS.

FOR THE FIRST TIME THE WORLD

HAD TO

TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.

HAVING ENGAGED IN THE PUBLIC

DEBATE

PAT SAW A DISTURBING PATTERN,

PEOPLE

LOSING THEIR FREEDOMS IN

RELIGIOUS

COURTS. IT WAS THEN HE BEGAN

THE LAW

AND JUSTICE TO DEFEND THOSE

HERE AND

ABROAD.

IT WAS UNIQUE. IT WAS NOT

SOPHISTICATED ADVOCACY FOR

CHRISTIANS

AGAINST GROUPS LIKE THE ACLU.

WE HAD 20

CASES IN THE SUPREME COURT IN

THE LAST

20 YEARS AND A LOT OF VICTORY

IN THOSE

CASES. IT'S AN ON GOING BATTLE

THAT WE

HAVE TAKEN AROUND THE GLOBE.

I THINK PAT ROBERTSON HAS

INFLUENCED

THIS NATION AND THE CHURCH AND

THE

WORLD IN AN AMAZING WAY BECAUSE

HE

LEAPED OVER THE WALL, HE BECAME

INVOLVED IN THE POLITICAL

SYSTEM. LET

HIS VOICE BE HEARD AT A TIME

THAT MOST

CLERGY MEN STOOD APART AND

POINTED

THEIR FINGER AT THE WHITE

HOUSE, HE

CHOSE RATHER TO ENGAGE THE

PROCESS.

HE'S HAD AN ENORMOUS

INFLUENCE AND

DID IT WHEN NO OTHER FIGURE HAD

SIMILAR

CREDENTIALS.

PERHAPS PAT'S GREATEST

ENDORSEMENT

COMES FROM HIS WIFE, CHILDREN

AND

GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT

GRANDCHILDREN.

HE HAS A TREMENDOUS LOVE FOR

GOD AND

HIS QUIET TIME EVERY MORNING

AND IT

NEVER FAILS.

WELL, HE'S GOT A GOOD RECORD

BECAUSE

THOSE FOUR CHILDREN LOVE HIM

AND

RESPECT HIM AND HONOR HIS FAITH

AND

CONVICTION. SO HE'S BEEN

CERTAINLY A

SUCCESSFUL FATHER. PAT

ROBERTSON, IS

ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL

20TH

CENTURY CHRISTIAN FIGURES AND

THE

EVOLUTION OF CHRISTIAN THOUGHT

AND THE

EXPANSION OF CHRISTIANITY

THROUGHOUT

THE WORLD. HE AND HIS

ORGANIZATION THAT

HE BUILT HAS HAD A POWERFUL

WORLDWIDE

INFLUENCE ON THE HISTORY OF

CHRISTIANITY IN THE 20TH AND

21ST

CENTURY. THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD

LEGACY.