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Mission Statement

CBN and its affiliated organizations' mission is to prepare the nations of the world for the coming of Jesus Christ and the establishment of the Kingdom of God on earth.  Our ultimate goal is to achieve a time in history when “the knowledge of the Lord will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.”

In achieving our mission, our chief method is the strategic use of mass communication and education that will train the young and old to understand how the Kingdom of God's principles relate to those spheres of human endeavor that play a dominant role in our world.

Nothing should be done in achieving our mission that does not glorify God and His Son, Jesus Christ.

Three words should characterize the execution of our mission.

• First, we will be innovative.
  Our task is not to duplicate or copy other men’s labors.
• Second, it will be excellent.
  Our work must either be of lasting value and highest quality, or it should not be done at all.
• Third, we will demonstrate integrity.
  In our work, our public relations, internal and external communications, there will be an abiding commitment to truth.
  Integrity must characterize all of our dealings with others.

In staffing for our mission, we must insist on securing the best possible men and women for each task, and we will make every effort to see that people and tasks are matched appropriately.

Our policy will be to secure a small staff of outstanding people and compensate them well for their laborers.

Our staff should be “filled with the Holy Spirit and wisdom.”  God’s work must be done by God’s people, equipped and chosen.

Implicit in fulfilling our mission is the demonstration of all of the principles of the Kingdom of God, especially that of reciprocity. Therefore, we continually endeavor to give generous assistance to the relief of human need and suffering throughout the world and donations to other organizations that share our basic objectives.

We believe that God’s work, done according to His Kingdom's principles, will prosper financially. We cannot serve God and money, so service to God, and His call always takes precedence over money's conflicting considerations.  Nevertheless, we recognize that only those economically viable activities can continue in our present society, so planning must take into account economic viability. 

We also categorically state that the payment of accounts when due is a key ingredient of integrity. We seek to finance our activities by all lawful and morally correct means, including, but not limited to, contributions, sales, and investment income.  In planning, we will endeavor to project adequate income for current activities, plus generous surpluses from which we can build and expand.

In fulfilling our mission, as to calling and message, our Biblical role model is John the Baptist. As to wisdom, it is Solomon. As to ministry to Israel, it is the prophet, Ezekiel.  In all that we are, do, and say, it is Jesus Christ.

About

Fifty-seven years ago, one could have reasonably suggested that Pat Robertson was stretching his imagination when he named his broadcasting organization -- located in a defunct Portsmouth, Virginia TV station -- The Christian Broadcasting Network CBN. Not only was CBN the first Christian television station in Virginia, but it was also the first in the nation. Fifty-seven years later, no one can dispute that CBN is one of the world's largest television ministries. Moreover, with its many subsidiaries and affiliate organizations, CBN goes beyond the bounds of broadcasting in its mission to reach the world with a message of hope from the Bible.

The story of CBN's birth and early years is documented in Pat Robertson's autobiography, Shout It From The Housetops. Founded on January 11, 1960, CBN first went on air on October 1, 1961, on WYAH-TV from Yahweh, the Hebrew name for God, a UHF television station with barely enough power reach across the Portsmouth city limits. With a modest income from a few local supporters, CBN began broadcasting live half-hour programs from 700 p.m. to 1000 p.m. every night. Gradually, the broadcast day was expanded to 500 p.m. to midnight. Because Robertson refused to accept commercial advertisements, paying for programming was out of the question. A few free travelogue films were used to fill in the blank spots.

In the fall of 1963, CBN conducted its first telethon to raise the $7,000 per month needed for the following year's budget. Robertson told viewers that a "club" of 700 contributors, each giving $10 a month, would enable CBN to meet its expenses. As guests appeared to sing and share their religious experiences, Robertson invited the audience to pray for the 700 supporters who would help keep CBN going. Though its financial struggles continued, CBN had taken an important step in building community support for the ministry.

A year later, the "700 Club" telethon was an important turning point for CBN. This telethon generated more contributions than the previous years but not enough to meet CBN's growing budget. Then, in the final minutes of the broadcast, a remarkable outpouring of spiritual revival began to sweep through the viewing audience. Throughout the next several days, callers flooded CBN with prayer requests and pledges of financial support CBN. A year later, Robertson added a program to the end of his station's broadcast day that followed the telethon format, prayer, and ministry coupled with telephone response. He named it The 700 Club, hoping to build on the audience that had become familiar with CBN's telethons. The program's audience grew as other stations began carrying the show.

Today, CBN is a multifaceted nonprofit organization that provides programming by cable, broadcast, and satellite to approximately 200 countries, with a 24-hour telephone prayer line. Chief among CBN's broadcasting components is The 700 Club, a daily television program featuring Pat Robertson, Terry Meeuwsen, Gordon Robertson, Wendy Griffith, and news anchor John Jessup. On the air continuously since 1966, The 700 Club is one of the longest-running programs in broadcast history. Seen in 97 percent of the television markets across the United States, the shows news/magazine format presents a lively mix of information, interviews, and inspiration.

CBN's international ministry has worked in 122 different languages, from Mandarin to Spanish and Turkish to Welsh. In 1990 CBN International launched special projects in the Commonwealth of Independent States, formerly the Soviet Union, that included primetime specials and later The 700 Club and Superbook, an animated series of Bible stories. The broadcasts were followed by 190 rallies throughout the region that resulted in the establishment of 190 churches. Similar special projects were implemented in the Philippines and Romania in 1994. CBN International also distributes videos and literature and provides follow-up through international ministries around the world. In 1995, CBN launched CBN WorldReach to convert 500 million people to Christianity using Gospel programming to targeted international audiences.

Middle East Television METV, was a television station in Southern Lebanon, broadcasts news, sports, family entertainment, and religious programming by satellite to a potential audience of 200 million people in 15 nations, including Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, and Cyprus. METV also distributed free videotapes and religious literature and provided food and clothing -- through CBN's humanitarian affiliate, Operation Blessing International -- throughout the Middle East. METV was sold to a like-minded ministry, LeSEA Broadcasting, in July 2001.

Here in America, The 700 Club Prayer Centers in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Nashville, Tennessee, provide prayer, scriptural counsel, and literature to people who call CBN's toll-free telephone prayer line. The center's phones are staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year by a staff of paid, volunteer, and "on-call" workers trained in offering comfort and encouragement from a biblical perspective.

In 1977, CBN started the nation's first basic TV cable network with satellite transmissions of religious and syndicated family TV shows. By 1981, CBN Cable reached nearly 10 million homes. Renamed the CBN Family Channel in 1988, the commercial cable operation continued to prosper. It was sold in 1990 to International Family Entertainment Inc. IFE, a publicly held company that trades on the New York Stock Exchange. IFE was sold in 1997 to Fox Kids Worldwide, Inc. Disney acquired the Fox Family Channel, and it was named ABC Family on November 10, 2001, and renamed Freeform in January of 2016.

Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation is an affiliate organization founded by Pat Robertson in 1978. Operation Blessing was originally set up to help disadvantaged people by matching their needs for clothing, appliances, vehicles, and other items with articles donated by viewers of The 700 Club. However, as requests for assistance grew, Robertson and CBN's board of directors decided to make a financial commitment to Operation Blessing that reached $1 million in 1982. In 1992 a fleet of refrigerated tractor-trailer trucks was added to Operation Blessing and called the Hunger Strike Force HSF. The HSF hauls millions of pounds of food and disaster relief across the U.S. Operation Blessing later purchased and retrofitted an L-1011 airplane into a hospital. "The Flying Hospital" was commissioned in 1996 by former President George Bush and took its first medical mission to El Salvador. The Flying Hospital was sold to a charitable not-for-profit organization in 2000.

Located in Virginia Beach, Va., Regent University was founded in 1977 by Robertson, who serves as its president and chancellor. Regent is a fully accredited graduate university that offers degrees in business, communication, the arts, divinity, education, government, law, organizational leadership, and psychological counseling. Also, Regent offers a bachelor's degree completion program. Regent University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the bachelors, masters, and doctors degrees. It has an enrollment of over 4,000 students. In addition to the main campus in Virginia Beach, Regent offers programs online via its Worldwide Campus.