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Paul Crouch
American television evangelist (1934–2013)
For his son, the Christian broadcaster, see Paul Crouch Jr. For the communist activist and informer, see Paul Crouch (activist).
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| Born | Paul Franklin Crouch (1934-03-30)March 30, 1934 St Joseph, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | November 30, 2013(2013-11-30) (aged 79) Orange, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Pacific View Memorial Park Corona del Mar, Newport Beach, California |
| Occupation(s) | Evangelist, television network executive |
| Years active | 1955–2003 |
| Employer | Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) |
| Known for | Founder of TBN |
| Title | President |
| Spouse | Jan Crouch (m. 1957–2013) |
| Children | Paul Crouch, Jr. Matthew Crouch |
| Relatives | five grandchildren, including Brandon Crouch and Brittany Koper |
| Website | paulcrouch.com |
Paul Franklin Crouch /kraʊtʃ/ (March 30, 1934 – November 30, 2013) was an American televangelist. Crouch and his wife, Jan, founded the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) in 1973; the com
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Paul Crouch dies at 79; founded Trinity Broadcasting Network
In the mid-1970s a vision came to Paul Crouch, but it wasn’t what a man of the cloth might have expected.
A map of North America had appeared on his ceiling, glowing with pencil-thin beams of light that shot in every direction. “Lord,” asked Crouch, a Pentecostal minister, “what does this mean?”
God, according to Crouch, had just one word for him: “Satellite.”
Crouch, who belonged to the Assemblies of God, had been trying to spread the Gospel through a small television station in Tustin, but the vision changed his business plan. He bought more television stations, then piled on cable channels and eventually satellites, filling the airwaves with evangelical programming until he had built the world’s largest Christian television system — the Trinity Broadcasting Network, or TBN.
The controversial pioneer of televangelism, whose broadcast empire was called “one of evangelicalism’s most successful and far-reaching media enterprises” by the Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism, died Saturday, said his grandson, Brandon Crouch.
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Paul Crouch Jr.
American Christian broadcaster (born 1959)
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| Born | Paul Franklin Crouch Jr. (1959-03-13) March 13, 1959 (age 65) Rapid City, South Dakota |
| Occupation | TV Network Executive |
| Title | Chairman and chief studio designer for Cinemills Corporation |
| Spouses | Tawny Dryden (m. 1980; div. 2007)Brenda Crouch (m. 2014) |
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Paul Franklin Crouch Jr. /kraʊtʃ/ (born March 13, 1959) is an American Christian broadcaster. He is chairman and chief studio designer for Cinemills Corporation. He is best known, however, for his long association with the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), which was founded by his parents Paul and Jan Crouch. His teachings, along with TBN, are grounded in prosperity theology.[citation needed]
Personal life
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