Trinity Broadcasting Network

The Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) is an international Christian-based broadcast television network. Operating as an independent entity, TBN is also the world's largest religious television network. TBN is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New York City. TBN broadcasts programs hosted by a diverse group of ministries from traditional Protestant and Catholic denominations, Interdenominational and Full Gospel churches, non-profit charities, Messianic Jewish and well-known Christian media personalities. TBN also offers a wide range of original programming, and faith-based films from various distributors.

TBN owns and operates six broadcast networks, each reaching separate demographics; in addition to the main TBN network, TBN owns The Church Channel, Smile of a Child TV, TBN Enlace, TBN Salsa and JUCE TV. It also owns several other religious networks outside of the United States, including international versions of its five U.S. networks. Matt Crouch currently serves as TBN's president and head of operations.

Praise the Lord

Praise the Lord can refer to:

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Praise the Lord (TV program)

Praise the Lord is a 2-hour (some are up to 4 hours long, e.g. June 22, 1981) program – which was currently hosted regularly by TBN president Matt Crouch and his wife Laurie Crouch, with occasional guest hosts on some editions. It was originally hosted by TBN founders Paul and Jan Crouch, and later hosted by Paul Crouch Jr. – features a mix of interviews with celebrities and other performers discussing faith-based topics and their personal relationship with faith, and music performances from various gospel and contemporary Christian artists.

The Praise the Lord format is franchised to TBN owned-and-operated stations and affiliates, which air 90-minute local versions of the program two to three times per week in morning time slots, to fulfill public affairs content guidelines.

Theme music

The current Praise the Lord theme music was composed and arranged by Rich Cook, there are 2 versions of the theme song, one has the opening theme which plays an European orchestra with 3 different versions and one has the closing theme with an instrumental bed was played by a sax solo at the end

Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition

"Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" is an American patriotic song by Frank Loesser. and published as sheet music in 1942 by Famous Music Corp. The song was a response to the attack on Pearl Harbor that marked United States involvement in World War II.

The song describes a chaplain ("sky pilot") being with some fighting men who are under attack from an enemy. He is asked to say a prayer for the men who were engaged in firing at the oncoming planes. The chaplain puts down his Bible, mans one of the ship's gun turrets and begins firing back, saying, "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition".

Origin

According to writer Jack S. McDowell, the famous phrase is generally credited to "a chaplain," said to be manning the guns of a ship under attack. "This [sic] was not true," says McDowell. For some time, long after Pearl Harbor, stories and reports surfaced about an incident involving this apocryphal "sky pilot", who was said to have uttered the words "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition".