LOS ANGELES, March 29, 2021 — TBN, the world’s largest religious broadcaster, announced special lineup of inspiring programming for the Easter weekend, beginning Thursday, April 1, and culminating with exclusive Easter Sunday programming for TBN viewers.
“We’re excited to provide viewers across the earth this special opportunity to celebrate Easter again this year with new programming all weekend long,” said TBN chairman Matt Crouch. “We saw great success last year and are thankful to be able to provide more new content to our viewers.”
Programming begins Thursday, April 1 at 8 p.m. ET, as TBN partners with the Museum of the Bible to present The History of Easter, hosted by Christian musical artists Matthew West. Filmed in Israel, Italy, and at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC, the program offers a vast perspective on the history of Easter, presenting the origin of many of its traditions that have grown through the ages, and ending with a presentation of the original Easter week.
At 9 p.m; ET TBN partners with the Gospel Music Association for the airing of Because He Lives: An Easter Celebration. Hosted by contemporary Christian artists Danny Gokey and Blanca, the one-hour special will include a short spoken word segment from Rabbi Jason Sobel, along with musical guests Amy Grant, Anthony Brown & Group Therapy, CeCe Winans, Ellie Holcomb, Jekalyn Carr, Karen Peck & New River, Natalie Grant & Bernie Herms, Nicole C. and Zach Williams.
On Friday, April 2, at 8 p.m. ET, TBN presents the one-hour special Good Friday Worldwide. The program includes a message from pastor and New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado, worship from Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Chris Tomlin, along with recording artists Pat Barrett, We The Kingdom and a chart-topping surprise guest.
And on Easter Sunday, April 4, TBN will present some powerful Resurrection-themed messages from popular Christian pastor and teacher, along with a Global Easter Celebration hosted by Chris Tomlin and Max Lucado at 8 p.m. ET. This special will feature worship from Chris Tomlin, Pat Barrett, and We The Kingdom.
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Trinity Broadcasting Network is the world’s largest and most watched faith-and-family broadcaster, reaching over 175 nations across the earth with inspirational and entertaining programming 24 hours a day in 14 languages and on 32 global networks. As the world’s most influential non-profit religious broadcaster, TBN has led the way in expanding the impact of faith-based television across the earth through the creation of innovative content designed to reach every viewer demographic with the life-changing message of hope and grace. To find out more about the TBN Networks, visit us at www.tbn.org.
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VeggieTales® is distinguished as the most successful faith-based children’s franchise of all time and is a leading animated property in the U.S. with moms of preschoolers.VeggieTales has an incredible franchise history, having sold over 75 million videos, 16 million books, 7 million CDs, and 80 million music streams. VeggieTales enjoyed four seasons as a top-rated series on NBC Saturday mornings, Telemundo, and ION TV via the Qubo children’s programming block. The property’s two theatrical releases, Jonah-A VeggieTales Movie (2002), and The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything-A VeggieTales Movie (2008), rank as top performing children’s films. Currently airing VeggieTales in the House is an Emmy nominated original Netflix series.
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