Ben Kinchlow

Ben Kinchlow (born December 27, 1936) is an African-American evangelist best known for being co-host of the 700 Club from 1975 to 1988 and again from 1992 to 1996. He also hosted other shows on the Christian Broadcasting Network such as Straight Talk and a radio talk show, Taking It To The Streets. Kinchlow, the son of a Methodist minister, came to Christianity in the 1970s after a period as a Black nationalist influenced by Malcolm X and the Black Muslims.http://www.connectionmagazine.org/archives_old/kinchlow.htm

He served in the United States Air Force for thirteen years and earned his MBA. He became a Christian and was ordained an African Methodist Episcopal Church minister in 1971. http://www.benkinchlow.com/bio.html

Kinchlow became the executive director of a Christian drug and rehabilitation center and appeared as a guest on the 700 Club in order to speak about the people he saw coming to Christ through the center. He was asked back to host the show while Robertson was in Israel. http://www.connectionmagazine.org/archives_old/kinchlow.htm He became the 700 Club's Director of Counselling in 1975 as well as 700 Club co-host and became the Christian Broadcasting Network's vice-president for domestic ministries in 1982 and then executive vice-president in 1985. He left CBN and the 700 Club in 1996 in order to pursue an independent ministry.

Kinchlow is founder of Americans for Israel and the co-host of the Front Page Jerusalem radio show.