- Jan Crouch
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name = Jan Crouch
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birth_name = Janice Wendell Bethany
birth_date = 1937
birth_place =USA
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known = Religious broadcaster
occupation = Evangelist
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salary = $361,000 from TBN in 2004 [cite news | url=http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4574 | title=Income Statement (FYE 12/2005) | publisher=Charity Navigator |year= 2008 | first= | last= | accessdate =2008-03-31]
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spouse =Paul Crouch
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children = Paul Crouch Jr.
Matthew Crouch
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weight =Jan Crouch (born Janice Wendell Bethany, 1937) is the co-founder, vice-president and director of programming of the
Trinity Broadcasting Network , or TBN, the world's largestChristian television network . She is the daughter of anAssemblies of God pastor. Her father's family was originally of Jewish heritage but later became Christian. She married her husbandPaul Crouch in 1958.The
Chronicle of Philanthropy in 2004 reported Crouch's annual personal income as $361,000.Fact|date=November 2007 According toCharity Navigator , TBN paid her $361,000 in 2004. [cite news | url=http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4574 | title=Income Statement (FYE 12/2004) | publisher=Charity Navigator |year= 2007 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-09-17] Her husband earned $419,000, son Paul F. Crouch Jr. earned $105,803, and TBN has a rating of two out of four stars. [cite news | url=http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4574 | title=Income Statement (FYE 12/2004) | publisher=Charity Navigator |year= 2007 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-09-17] However, Crouch has produced products for TBN such as videos that account for a portion of her income. Jan Crouch counts many celebrities as her personal friends including soap opera hunk Austin Peck.She is the founder of the
Smile of a Child Network and has built a hospital inHaiti for the underprivileged. She regularly visits underprivileged countries and distributes free toys and school supplies to needy children.Fact|date=November 2007 She has indicated that she never takes animal toys to Haiti because the Haitian children are fearful of them and associate them with Voodoo and black magic. Jan Crouch is an advocate for speaking in tongues. She has demonstrated tongue speaking on the Trinity Broadcasting Network.In May 2003, TBN announced that Jan Crouch had been diagnosed with
colon cancer . After having lymphatic surgery, her cancer went into remission. [cite news | url=http://www.charismamag.com/display.php?id=7860 | title=TBN's Jan Crouch "Well" After Cancer Surgery | publisher=Charisma Magazine |date= August 2003 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-09-17]References
External links
* [http://www.smileofachild.org/ Smile of a Child television network]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189436 IMDb Entry]
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