Pat Robertson

Dr. M.G. “Pat” Robertson (1930—2023) was a pioneering Christian broadcaster, a philanthropist, an educator, an author, a religious leader, and a candidate for president of the United States.

Pat graduated magna cum laude from Washington and Lee University, earned a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School, and received a Master of Divinity from New York Theological Seminary.

He founded the Christian Broadcasting Network in 1961 and hosted its long-running flagship program, The 700 Club, until 2021. He also founded Regent University, the American Center for Law and Justice, and CBN’s humanitarian organization Operation Blessing.

Pat was a candidate for the office of president of the United States in the election cycle of 1988. His twenty-three books include The Secret Kingdom, which was the number-one religious book in America.

Pat and his wife, Dede, were married sixty-seven years before she preceded him in death in 2022. Together, they had four children, fourteen grandchildren, and more than twenty great-grandchildren.

Find more information online at PatRobertson.com.