Pat Robertson

Church leaders are responding to the passing of televangelist and Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) founder Pat Robertson, who died on Thursday at 93.

As Christian Headlines previously reported, Robertson died on June 8 in his home in Virginia Beach. He launched CBN in 1960, which has since reached 200 nations and has been translated into 70 languages. He served as the host of the 700 Club from 1966 to 2021.

Robertson was also the founder of Operation Blessing, Regent University, International Family Entertainment, The Flying Hospital, American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) and The Christian Coalition.

Here is what five church leaders had to say amid his passing:

Influential minister, broadcaster, and politician Pat Robertson passed away Thursday at the age of ninety-three. As of this writing, no cause of death has been given, but he is survived by his four children, fourteen grandchildren, and twenty-four great-grandchildren.

Robertson is best known for his roles on The 700 Club and his political involvement, which continues to shape the relationship between evangelical Christians and the Republican party.  In his later years, Robertson tried to focus more on the gospel than other issues, telling Fox News in 2021 that "God is not a Republican" and that he felt led to focus on "eternal matters and not secular politics" at that point in his life. However, politics remain an important part of his legacy.

Given his family history, though, perhaps that should not come as a surprise.

Pat Robertson, the trailblazing television minister who founded the Christian Broadcasting Network and hosted the channel’s flagship show, The 700 Club, died June 8. He was 93.

Adelia "Dede" Robertson, the wife of CBN founder Pat Robertson, passed away on Tuesday at her home in Virginia Beach, VA. She was 94.

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