CBN donors are growing as fiscal core of network (HamptonRoads.com/Pilot Online)

CBN donors are growing as fiscal core of network (HamptonRoads.com/Pilot Online): "CBN donors are growing as fiscal core of network

CBN founder Pat Robertson during a telethon.


By STEVEN G. VEG, The Virginian-Pilot
� March 5, 2005

VIRGINIA BEACH � It�s not unusual to find Pat Robertson, evangelistic founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network, on the air mixing prayer with pleas for donations during his show, �The 700 Club.� In telethons that are a CBN tradition, he calls for God�s blessing and smoothly segues into a familiar pitch for pledges. �We want you to go to your phones right now.� "