Yesterday Paul Crouch, founder of Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), died at the age of 79 (New York Times). Begun as a single Christian TV station in California, TBN is now a family of more than 20 television networks the span the globe. By the way, the Barber family has neither cable nor satellite television, but even our plain over-the-air TV antenna picks up at least five TBN-related channels. It is only barely an overstatement to claim that Paul Crouch founded an empire. The pervasiveness of his influence, the opulence of his lifestyle, and the particulars of his theology necessarily … [Read more...] about FBC and TBN: What Paul Crouch’s Life Tells Us about Southern Baptists in the Twenty-First Century