A History of Christian Doctrine #3 - Online Christian Library

A History of Christian Doctrine
received the Holy Spirit. He began his worldwide network
with the purchase of a defunct television station in 1959.
The flagship program was “The 700 Club.” In 1988,
Robertson ran for the Republican nomination for U.S.
president, but he never became a serious contender.
• Youth with a Mission (YWAM), a nondenominational,
youth-oriented missionary movement. It was
founded by Loren Cunningham, an AG minister, in 1960-
61, but he left the AG in 1964 after he and AG officials
could not agree on policy for YWAM.
• Oral Roberts University (1965). (See chapter 9.)
• Logos International Fellowship (1966), the first
Charismatic publishing house, founded by Dan Malachuk.
It became quite well known, distributing millions of books
on Charismatic themes, including the prosperity message.
It suffered financial difficulties, however, and finally
went bankrupt. Part of its operation was taken over by
Bridge Publishing. Other Charismatic publishers have
since arisen, including Harvest House, Bethany House,
and Creation House.
• Women’s Aglow Fellowship (1967), a nondenominational
women’s fellowship similar to the Full Gospel
Businessmen’s Fellowship International.
• Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) (1973),
founded by Paul Crouch (born 1934) and his wife, Jan.
Crouch was a minister with the AG.
• Charisma magazine (1975), probably the most
influential publication in the Charismatic movement
today. It was founded by Stephen Strang (born 1951),
who had his origin in the AG. Strang later acquired
Christian Life magazine (which he merged with
Charisma) and Creation House. He also launched other
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