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A campaign has been launched to protect religious programmes from potential cuts in a new Media Bill going through Parliament. The Sandford St Martin Trust has published its #BeliefMatters petition – timed to coincide with the passage of the government's Media Bill to the House of Lords – and has encouraged anyone concerned about the threat to religious broadcasting to sign it.
The comments come in light of census figures which found those in England and Wales identifying as Christian fell below half for the first time.
The comments come in light of census figures which found those in England and Wales identifying as Christian fell below half for the first time.
Robertson, 91, said in a statement that he hosted the network's flagship program for the last time on Friday, and that his son Gordon Robertson will take over the weekday show starting Monday. “I will no longer be the host of the ‘700 Club,’" Robertson said on the show Friday, although he vowed to return from time to time, if he’s had a “revelation” he needs to share. Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network started airing on Oct. 1, 1961 after he bought a bankrupt UHF television station in Portsmouth, Virginia.