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“HE SENDETH FORTH HIS COMANDMENT UPON THE EARTH:
HIS WORD RUNNETH VERY SWIFTLY.” PSA. 147:15
How we rejoiced last October as escrow closed
and TBN flashed ON THE AIR over the great
cities of Burlington, New Jersey and Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania! Yes, praise God, Channel 48 covers the
fourth largest TV market in the nation with nearly ten
million souls under its coverage pattern!
I’m sure most of you already
know about this new station, as
we have rejoiced about it several
times on Behind the Scenes. But
there is more to this great story.
The station’s studio was not
included in the sale, which turned
out to be a blessing. First of all,
the building was grossly inferior
and was located on the bank of
the Delaware River. We learned
that it had been flooded several
times — the most recent flood left six feet of water,
along with catfish, in the main downstairs floor! The
poor engineers feverishly had to move most of the
equipment to the second floor just to stay on the air!
WOW! Talk about needing to WALK ON WATER!
So, last December, I and a few of our staff, flew back
to Philadelphia to look for a new TV studio where we
will have local Praise the Lord. I am sure in so great a
metropolitan area we will find some exciting new talent
and programs that will bless us all on the TBN network.
In fact, Bishop David Evans of Bethany Baptist Church
is already on at 6:00 AM on Sunday mornings in
Philadelphia, as well as the entire worldwide TBN
network.
Well, we looked and looked at many buildings —
mostly dismal, old, empty factory buildings — most
depressing! But finally we found it! The building is
down on Columbia Avenue, just ten minutes from the
international airport and is just the right size for a TV
studio with a very nice looking front and architecture.
Even as I write this letter, I learned that the owners have
accepted our offer — considerably less than the asking
price! The price — $900,000 — I knew you would
want to know. So I am asking everyone, especially in
Burlington and Philadelphia, to add a little extra this
month as the work of renovation and converting a
woodworking shop to your new
studio home in Philadelphia
begins. Actually, if everyone
would add about ten dollars
to your regular pledge, or at
least make it a one time gift,
we would have the building
free and clear, plus lights,
cameras, and all the necessary
equipment to put this
fourth great market on the
map!
So, dear Partners — rejoice, rejoice! This great area
was one of the last few major cities where TBN did not
have a mighty full power TV station. Praise God —
with TV 48 on the air, we now cover about 95 percent
of the households of America!
But this is not all — we must now build a second full
power transmitter for HDTV or high definition TV as
ordered by the FCC. Another half million dollars, but
the good news: with HDTV we can, through new
compression technology, transmit all four of our
networks through-the-air, as well as to the cable
stations! Yes — TBN; The Church Channel; JC-TV, our
youth channel; and Enlace USA, our Spanish language
network! More good news: the cost of HDTV sets is
coming down and some are including the HDTV tuner
as well as the current analog tuner. Be careful, though:
If you buy a wide screen TV be sure it has the HDTV
TUNER built in it! I saw one at Target recently for
$799.00, which is still a bit high, but prices will
come down. In the meantime you can get just an HDTV tuner and connect it to your present
analog TV set. It will cost about $299.00. Check with
Radio Shack or most any electronics store for more
information.
So what does all this new technology mean? Ah, dear
Partners, I’m so glad you asked — it means SOULS,
SOULS for the great Kingdom of God! My heart
rejoices every time a new station comes on the air. Almost
immediately I see the beautiful white slips from our sweet
telephone prayer partners — meaning a new soul has
prayed the sinner’s prayer and, as the grand old hymn
declares, “There’s a new name written down in Glory”!
Yes, white slips are already coming in from Burlington and
Philadelphia, plus many other towns and cities in the
suburbs. Praise the Lord!
For the past 31 years, Jan and I have seen TBN grow
from one little low power station in the Los Angeles area,
to over 6,500 worldwide, linked together by 46 great
satellites. The Gospel, through TBN, covers every
continent on earth and about two-thirds of this world’s
SIX BILLION souls can tune us in! If that does not fire
your soul — well as dear, old E.V. Hill would say, “your
wood is wet!”
Come on, dear Partners — please let Jan and me hear
from you. Join this growing TBN family and help us keep
this great Voice ON THE AIR till Jesus comes!
Did you know that we send over a million of these
newsletters out, but only about 150 thousand respond with
a love gift?! This grieves my heart, but I know many of you
do not know the awesome history of how God alone raised
up this great network — so you know what — God just
spoke to my spirit even now as I am writing this letter to
you and told me to
GIVE ALL OF YOU IN THE NEW BURLINGTONPHILADELPHIA
AREA A COPY OF
MY NEW BOOK, “HELLO WORLD.”
It is the awesome story of TBN and the many miracles God
brought to pass to bring this great Voice that covers the
world into being. Tuck in a love gift if you can, but if you
cannot, I’ll send it to you free and post paid! I’ll even try to
autograph your copy.
Please remember this — only fruit bearers can claim
St. John 15:7:
“IF YE ABIDE IN ME AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN
YOU, YE SHALL ASK WHAT YE WILL AND IT
SHALL BE DONE UNTO YOU.” John 15:7
Oh how we love to quote and claim this precious verse.
But please read the whole 15th chapter. That promise is
only for fruit bearers! Are you bearing fruit (souls) for the
Kingdom?
“YE HAVE NOT CHOSEN ME, BUT I HAVE
CHOSEN YOU THAT YE SHOULD GO AND BRING
FORTH FRUIT…”
Now read the last part of verse 16:
“THAT WHATSOEVER YE SHALL ASK OF THE
FATHER IN MY NAME HE MAY GIVE IT UNTO
YOU.” John 15:16
I absolutely believe that the reason some prayers are not
answered is because the dear saint IS NOT BEARING
ANY FRUIT!
Dear Partner, become a FRUIT BEARER TODAY by
helping us win precious souls for the Kingdom. Over 27
million souls, that we know of, have come to Christ through
YOUR TBN these past 31 years!
God bless you. Jan and I, with all of the prayer partners at
TBN, will be lifting you in prayer and agreeing with you for
that need or miracle you are asking for.
Now say it with me everyone—
WELCOME, BURLINGTON-PHILADELPHIA
to this great big, beautiful family: TRINITYBROADCASTING
NETWORK!
TBN’s new station, WGTW Channel 48, will
“proclaim liberty throughout the land”!
Welcome Philadelphia, New Jersey,
Delaware and points beyond to your
GREAT TBN FAMILY!
In front of the historic Constitution Hall in Philadelphia
Paul gives his “thumbs up” for another historic station for
TBN!
Paul Jr. and Paul Sr. in front of the Philadelphia skyline—
a backdrop for TBN’s powerful new station reaching
10 MILLION SOULS!
Paul with new friend and TBN programmer, Bishop
David Evans, senior pastor of Bethany Baptist Church
in Lindenwold, NJ and Alan Box, station manager at
WGTW.
