Gordon Perry Robertson (born June 4, 1958) is an American televangelist who is the CEO of the Christian Broadcasting Network.CBN.com bio of Gordon Robertson
/ref> He is the main host of '' The 700 Club'', the show founded by his father, Pat Robertson.

Biography

Robertson graduated from The McCallie School in 1976, from Yale in 1980, and afterward from his father's alma mater, Washington and Lee University ("W&L"), with a

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degree. Following his graduation from W&L, Robertson practiced law in

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, for 10 years. On a short-term mission trip to India, he believes " odopened isheart to the plight of millions of unreached souls." He responded by leaving his law firm and moving to the Philippines. In 1988, Robertson and his father, along with Dick Weinhold of the Texas Robertson campaign and Billy McCormack, a Southern Baptist pastor in

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, were named the four directors of the newly organized Christian Coalition of America. Robertson officially joined his father's CBN in 1994, when the younger Robertson founded CBN Asia, Inc., which included a weekly television show, ''The 700 Club Asia'', with the goal of closely replicating the aspects of the original ''700 Club'' to include the culture of the Philippines. He launched ''Operation Blessing Philippines'' and the ''Asian Center for Missions'', and facilitated the creation of CBN WorldReach centers in Beijing, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, and Thailand. Gordon returned to the USA in April 1999 to co-host the original ''700 Club'' and, more recently, ''The 700 Club Interactive'' program which is seen on Freeform and online. Currently he is producing the new CBN ''

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'' animated series, which follows the Bible-based adventures of two time-traveling children and their robot friend. Today, in addition to co-hosting ''The 700 Club'', Robertson is an executive producer. He also serves on CBN's board of directors. Robertson was the executive producer of the 2016 docudrama Pocahontas: Dove of Peace.

Personal life

He and his wife, Katharyn, live in Virginia with their three children. His grandfather, Absalom Willis Robertson, was a

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from Virginia.Ancestry of Pat Robertson
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References

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