Who is featured on RefNet and is the chairman of Ligonier Ministries?
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RefNet (Reformation Network) RefNet, or Reformation Network, is a Christian internet radio station launched as an outreach of Ligonier Ministries in July 2012. It features Bible teaching from a number of popular evangelical Christian teachers, including Alistair Begg, John MacArthur, Albert Mohler, John Piper, and R.C. Sproul, news updates from respected Christian organizations, Bible readings, audio books, and some selections of sacred and classical music. The theology of much of the teaching featured on RefNet is distinctly Calvinist or Reformed.
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R. C. Sproul Robert Charles Sproul ( ; born February 13, 1939) is an American Calvinist theologian, author, and pastor. He is the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries (named after the Ligonier Valley just outside Pittsburgh, where the ministry started as a study center for college and seminary students) and can be heard daily on the "Renewing Your Mind" radio broadcast in the United States and internationally. "Renewing Your Mind with Dr. R. C. Sproul" is also broadcast on Sirius and XM satellite radio. In late July 2012, a new Christian internet radio station called RefNet (Reformation Network) was also announced by Ligonier Ministries in an effort to reach "as many people as possible" where Internet access is available.
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Ron Sider Ronald James Sider (born 17 September 1939) is a Canadian-born American theologian and social activist. He is often identified by others with the Christian left even if he personally disclaims any political inclination. He is the founder of Evangelicals for Social Action, a think-tank which seeks to develop biblical solutions to social and economic problems. He is a founding board member of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment. He is also the Distinguished Professor of Theology, Holistic Ministry and Public Policy at Palmer Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Jack Van Impe Jack Leo Van Impe (born February 9, 1931) is an American televangelist who is known for his half-hour weekly television series "Jack Van Impe Presents", an eschatological commentary on the news of the week through an interpretation of the Bible. The program airs throughout the United States, Canada, and several other countries through both religious broadcasters and the purchase of paid programming time on commercial television stations. Van Impe's website claims that he is known as the "Walking Bible" because of his extensive memorization of Bible verses. His wife Rexella Van Impe (born Rexella Mae Shelton on November 29, 1932, in Missouri) shares his TV ministry as co-host.
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McLean Bible Church McLean Bible Church is a non-denominational, evangelical Christian megachurch with several locations in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Lon Solomon, a Jewish convert to Christianity, has been MBC's senior pastor since 1980. Solomon also serves on the board of directors of Jews for Jesus and was appointed by President George W. Bush to the President's Committee for Intellectual Disabilities. An average of 13,000 adults attend each weekend at the church's five campus locations: Arlington County, Loudoun County, Prince William County, and Tyson's Corner, plus Montgomery County, Maryland.
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Rick McDaniel Rick McDaniel is an evangelical Christian minister and author. He is the founder/pastor of Richmond Community Church in Richmond, VA. He is the author of six books with his latest, ‘Turn Your Setbacks into Comebacks’, just released on September 5, 2017 (CrossLink Publishing). McDaniel is known for his public speaking and the High Impact Living ministry broadcasts featuring his messages in video and audio format heard and viewed around the world.
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Delman Coates Reverend Delman L. Coates (born 1973) is an American Christian minister and the Senior Pastor of Mt. Ennon Baptist Church, a megachurch located in Clinton, Maryland. He is a board member of the Parents Television Council, and National Action Network. Coates is a graduate of Morehouse College (B.A. in Religion, 1995), Harvard Divinity School (M.Div., 1998), and Columbia University (M.Phil. in Religion, 2002, Ph.D. in New Testament & Early Christianity, 2006). He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, Morehouse College Board of Preachers, NAACP, and a board member of the Parents Television Council, "The African American Pulpit", and National Action Network. In 2010, Coates was elected an officer in the Hampton University Ministers’ Conference, the largest ecumenical body of African American ministers in the U.S.
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Ligonier Meeting The Ligonier Meeting was a meeting of twenty-eight or twenty-nine Orthodox Christian hierarchs in North America, specifically those affiliated with SCOBA, held November 30 to December 2, 1994, at the Antiochian Village in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. The bishops met together (many for the first time), held multiple sessions and presentations, and issued two statements, specifically on evangelism and on the notion of American Orthodox Christians being a "diaspora."
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C. J. Mahaney Charles Joseph Mahaney, commonly known as C.J., is an American Christian minister. He is currently the senior pastor at Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville, and was formerly president of Sovereign Grace Ministries, now known as Sovereign Grace Churches (formerly People of Destiny International or PDI, co-founded with Larry Tomczak), a network formed to establish and support local churches. He was one of the founding pastors and leaders of Covenant Life Church, in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Under Mahaney's leadership, Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville is a member of Sovereign Grace Churches and works with the Southern Baptist Convention for training and Christian mission work.
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Aron Ra Aron Ra (born October 15, 1962) is the former president of the Atheist Alliance of America, the host of the "Ra-Men Podcast", a public speaker, video producer, blogger, and vlogger. He is also the former Texas state-director of the American Atheists.
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Robert V. Lee The Rev. Dr. Robert Vernon Lee, III is a humanitarian, Episcopal priest and is chairman and CEO of Jacksonville, Florida-based nonprofit FreshMinistries and its international arm, Be The Change International. Dr. Lee is responsible for the creation of a number of unique and successful global initiatives and partnerships addressing issues of poverty worldwide. In the United States, efforts began with programs vital to the restoration of core-city Jacksonville. He has also spearheaded partnerships in Africa designed to combat HIV/AIDS and to address the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, uniquely addressing all goals at once.
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Praise (TV series) Praise the Lord (now currently known as Praise) is a Christian-oriented talk program which is the flagship program of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). TBN president Matt Crouch and his wife Laurie serve as the primary hosts of the show. On November 14, 2016, the title was changed to its previously informal name Praise, with a new logo.
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Richard Roberts (evangelist) Richard Lee Roberts (born November 12, 1948) is a former chairman and former chief executive officer of the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and previously served as president of Oral Roberts University (ORU) for 15 years, until he was forced out by the university for gross mismanagement of university funds.
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Erwin Lutzer Erwin W. Lutzer (born October 3, 1941) is an evangelical Christian pastor, teacher and author. He was the senior pastor of The Moody Church, in Chicago, Illinois from 1980 to 2016.
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Jerry DeWitt Jerry DeWitt (born September 17, 1969) is an American author and public speaker, and a prominent member of the American atheism movement. He is a former pastor of two evangelical churches, who publicly deconverted to atheism in 2011. DeWitt is the former executive director of Recovering From Religion, a group which helps people find their way after a loss of faith.
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Ronnie Floyd Ronald Wayne Floyd (born November 11, 1955) is Senior Pastor of Cross Church in Northwest Arkansas, otherwise widely known as the First Baptist Church of Springdale, and author of over 20 books on Christian prayer and discipleship. He is prominent member of the Southern Baptist Convention, serving as president from 2014 to 2016. In addition to his sermons, Floyd produces a podcast and television ministry.
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Evangelical Ministries to New Religions Evangelical Ministries to New Religions, often abbreviated as EMNR, is a coalition of Christian countercult organizations.
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Rev'n Rev’n is an American vehicle-oriented digital broadcast television network owned by Luken Communications, LLC.
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C.L. Bryant Cleon Lewis Bryant, known as C. L. Bryant (born March 28, 1956), is an African-American Baptist minister and former radio and television host based in his native Shreveport, Louisiana.
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Robert Godfrey W. Robert Godfrey is a minister in the United Reformed Church and the third President of Westminster Seminary California, where he is also Professor of Church History. He has taught at Westminster Seminary California since 1981 and has previously taught at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, as well as Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Stanford University. Godfrey is a Council member of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, an organization composed of pastors and theologians from the Baptist, Presbyterian, Reformed, Anglican, Congregational, and Lutheran church communities. He has been a speaker at many theological conferences including those sponsored by the Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology, Ligonier Ministries, and the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization.
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Brandon Crouch Brandon Paul Crouch (born March 7, 1983) is a third-generation American Christian evangelist, youth speaker and television broadcaster. He is a member of the Crouch family, of which his grandfather Paul and grandmother Jan were founders of Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN).
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Leonard N. Smith Leonard N. Smith (born October 4, 1961) is senior pastor at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Arlington, Virginia, with a congregation exceeding 2,000.