94-03-26 Pat Robertson to Speak at U.Va.

PAT ROBERTSON TO SPEAK AT U.VA.

     CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 26 -- Pat Robertson, founder of
the Christian Broadcasting Network Inc. and the Christian
Coalition, will give a free public address Friday, April 1, at 8
p.m. in Wilson Hall auditorium at the University of Virginia.
     Robertson will speak on America's Christian heritage and its
influence on the challenges facing the nation today during an
appearance sponsored by the Jefferson Literary and Debating
Society, U.Va.'s oldest student organization.
     Founded in 1960, the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) is
the world's largest television ministry, with programs airing in 70
countries.  Its flagship program, "The 700 Club," reaches an
average of 1 million American households daily and is broadcast to
50 countries.
     Robertson also founded Regent University, the Family Channel
and, in 1989, the Christian Coalition, a national organization that
promotes religious values.
     Robertson sought the Republican nomination for president in
1987 and gained approximately 9 percent of the party vote before
dropping out of the race in 1988.
                               ###
                                                   March 25, 1994
     FOR MORE INFORMATION, contact Jeremy Kahn, Jefferson Society
vice president, at (804) 296-5577.

[Submitted by: Karen A. Castle  (kac@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu)
               Mon, 28 Mar 94 09:23:39 EST]