VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson’s reaffirmation of ordination he gave up when he ran for president in 1988 has drawn questions from the Southern Baptist pastor who ordained Robertson in 1960.
Robertson is the founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network and Regent University and host of the network’s show, “The 700 Club.”
Robertson was ordained in 1960 as a Southern Baptist minister b Freemason Street Baptist Church, Norfolk, Va.
However, he asked that his ordination be terminated prior to his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination.
He reaffirmed those vows March 27 at Regent University, the evangelical Christian school he founded in Virginia Beach.
Donald J. Dunlap, pastor at Freemason Street when Robertson’s ordination was terminated, told the Associated Press the reaffirmation will have no standing within the Southern Baptist Convention.
Robertson, who has retained his membership at Freemason Street Baptist Church, is not being reordained in a denomination but will be a minister, according to a spokesperson for Regent University.
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