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April 28, 2009

Pat Robertson to Retire from Regent Post

The founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network and the Christian Coalition will retire as president from the school he founded.

Sarah Pulliam

Broadcaster Pat Robertson announced his plans to retire next summer as president of Regent University, the school said today.

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Robertson, 79, will retire July 1, 2010 and continue to serve as chancellor and on the board of trustees at the 4,500-student, Virginia-based school.

"As chancellor and a trustee, I will now focus on helping guide the university toward the next level of strategic growth and the implementation of our master plan," he said in the statement.

A newly appointed search committee will name a new president by the fall semester of 2010, according to the release.

Robertson founded numerous organizations, including the American Center for Law and Justice, the Christian Broadcasting Network, and the Christian Coalition. He unsuccessfully campaigned to become the Republican Party's nominee in the 1988 presidential election but became widely known as a leader for the Christian right.

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As a student of Church History, I'm sure Pat Robertson will command much attention from church historians in the coming years. In terms of accomplishments -- the founding of CBN and its global scope; the only Christian graduate school in America in Regent (only recently did it add an undergraduate school), the humanitarian arm of CBN -- Operation Blessing; the American Center for Law and Justice; the Christian Coalition and the list goes on -- he stands in the same circle as John Wesley, Martin Luther and John Calvin, among many other men whom God has used mightily.

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