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TBN's Award-Winning "Praise the Lord" Music and Ministry Show Welcomes
Hollywood Great Jennifer O'Neill, Legendary Grammy and Dove
Award-Winning Singer/Songwriter John Elefante
NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 20, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Trinity
Broadcasting Network, America's top faith-and-family channel, is set
for a very special edition of the award-winning TBN Praise the Lord
program, the longest-running music and talk show on Christian
television. March 21st from TBN's studio at Trinity Music City in
Nashville, Grammy Award-winning recording artist Jason Crabb will host
Hollywood actress, model, and inspirational speaker Jennifer O'Neill,
along with Grammy and Dove-Award-winning singer/songwriter John
Elefante.
Longtime celebrity watchers will remember Jennifer O'Neill as a
breakout star whose performance in the 1971 Academy Award-winning film
Summer of '42 established her as a serious big-screen actress. In
addition, throughout the 1970s Ms. O'Neill carved out a niche as a
successful CoverGirl and fashion super-model. But in her best-selling
auto-biographies Surviving Myself (1999) and From Fallen to Forgiven
(2004) Ms. O'Neill recounts how inner turmoil and an out-of-control
lifestyle took her through several marriages, the tragedy of abortion,
and years of hopelessness, until she ultimately turned to faith in
Christ. Today Ms. O'Neil is an in-demand actress, inspirational
speaker and writer, as well as an outspoken pro-life advocate. "I had
a life full of trauma," said Ms. O'Neill in an interview not long ago.
"I don't know how I survived it. God had a plan for my life; He was
waiting for me to turn to Him. It's been a journey of repair, renewal,
and revival."
From a stint as lead singer with the rock super-group Kansas, to
Grammy and Dove Award-winning writer and producer for both secular and
Christian recording artists, John Elefante is considered one of the
most innovative and influential creative forces in contemporary music
of the past thirty years. His album credits include working with
artists and groups Kerry Livgren, Bryan Duncan, Petra, Toto, Larnelle
Harris, Sandy Patty, Natalie Grant, and many others.
Like Jennifer O'Neill, Mr. Elefante has also embraced the pro-life
cause, with one of his latest projects a single and music video
entitled "This Time," that recounts how his own adopted daughter was
nearly aborted by her birth mother. "I can't imagine life without my
daughter, Sami, and it just breaks my heart that pregnant young women
much like her birth mother, instead of choosing life for their babies,
are denying them the chance to be born," said Mr. Elefante of the song
and video. "If our song can in any way bring attention to this issue
and encourage those who are considering abortion to choose life
through options such as adoption, then we couldn't be happier."
In addition to Jennifer O'Neill and John Elefante, host Jason Crabb
will welcome Dr. Reggie Anderson, author of the best-selling book
Appointments With Heaven, along with musical guests Highroad III, an
award-winning Appalachian gospel group, recording artists Seth and
Nirva Ready, and Southern Gospel greats Karen Peck and New River.
Tune in to this special edition of TBN's Praise the Lord music and
ministry show from Trinity Music City in Nashville, March 21st at 7
p.m. Pacific (9 p.m. Central, 10 p.m. Eastern). You can also watch TBN
live online, and view over 22,000 hours of on-demand TBN programming
at the Web network iTBN.org.
About the Trinity Broadcasting Family of Networks
With 26 networks and growing worldwide, the Trinity Broadcasting
Family of Networks is the world's largest faith-and-family television
group, airing a broad range of church and ministry programming,
Christian music, family friendly movies, children's programming, and
shows for teens and young adults 24 hours a day to every inhabited
continent via 87 satellites and 20,000 television and cable
affiliates. In addition, TBN's most popular global networks are
available on computers, smart phones, and other mobile devices, and
over 22,000 hours of entertaining and inspiring On-Demand programming
is accessible via TBN's innovative online network, iTBN.org . To find
out more about the Trinity Broadcasting Family of Networks, log on to
www.tbn.org .
Media Contact Colby May E-Mail: cmay@tbn.org Tel: 972-313-9500
SOURCE Trinity Broadcasting Network
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