A network known for religious programming ranging from talk shows to music programs and preaching from celebrity pastors will join the news business later this month.
TBN plans to preview “Centerpoint,” which it’s billing as “your source for current affairs from a Christian worldview,” on March 25 starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time. The show’s regular time slot will be 7:30 p.m. Eastern time on weekdays, and it will be replayed at 10:30 p.m. for West Coast audiences.
“Centerpoint” will be hosted by Doug McKelway, a 40-year veteran of the news business and former Washington correspondent for Fox News, and co-hosted by journalist Blynda Layne.
“We’re at a pivotal time in history, where people are starving — not for ‘your truth’ or ‘my truth’ — but for ‘THE truth.’ That’s what we plan to offer,” McKelway said.
McKelway left Fox News in 2020 after 10 years with the network, thanking ousted Fox News chairman Roger Ailes in a video announcing his retirement.
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Layne — who is married to Todd Layne, senior pastor at Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas — has appeared on “The Blessed Life” with Pastor Robert Morris and Gateway TV, taught Gateway Equip classes, and is a women’s conference speaker.
“I can’t imagine a better opportunity … than to be a part of a show in which the goal is to promote the highest dedication to excellence, integrity, and reliable, focused information layered with an unwavering conviction to honor Christ in all we do,” she said.
Michael Clemente, another Fox veteran, will serve as senior producer. Clemente also previously worked at ABC News. He will be joined on the production team by Sunil Isaac, described by TBN as a 20-year veteran of TV news.
Erick Stakelbeck, host of “The Watchman” on TBN, will also be a team correspondent.
Launched in 1973 by Paul and Jan Crouch as one Los Angeles-area TV station, Trinity Broadcasting Network now claims to be the world’s largest religious network, reaching more than 100 million households in the United States alone. The network encompasses five brands — TBN, Smile, Juce, TBN Inspire, and En Vivo.
This story originally appeared at MinistryWatch.
Anne Stych is a freelance writer, copy editor, proofreader and content manager covering science, technology, retail, and nonprofits. She writes for American City Business Journals’ BizWomen and MinistryWatch.
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Of course they are doing this. They want one news outlet that will not ever report on any of the very many scandals going on with the celebrities who pay the TBN bills. I expect this to get ridiculed on Saturday Night Live which it well deserves. This place is a real Brood of Vipers.
No it’s not a Christian point of view. It’s a TBN, alleged Christian, point of view.
Sounds like trying to get in on the Newsmax/OAN/TrumpTruth/MyPillowGuy market.
i.e. “The TRVTH ‘THEY’ DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW!!!!!”
I think they will cover a perspective that generally is ignored in the cable or broadcast news. I do wish there was more programming not geared to improving oneself to more like how to receive Christ’s imputed righteousness. Just saying.
Why are you wasting the entire program with one woman talking about abortion????
It’s not the Abraham I accords. But the shield of Abraham. Which no conventional weapon made by ycan penetrate. Not even nuclear. A cure to all germ warfare. The appearance of the Lord – Jacob’s Ladder in Israel. And so much more.
Congressman wants heartbeat to recognize its life,but a girls heartbeat is slower hard to hear.