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Trinity Broadcasting Network
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<p>The Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN; legally Trinity Broadcasting of Texas, Inc.) is an international <a href="/facts/Christianity/nKyJHlqq">Christian</a>-based <a href="/facts/Terrestrial_television/3nTUr9cY">broadcast</a> <a href="/facts/Television_network/xq32nKxz">television network</a> and the world's largest religious television network. TBN solicits donations on its Web site, as cash, vehicles, or legacies. </p><p>TBN was headquartered in <a href="/facts/Costa_Mesa,_California/oN7CN68k">Costa Mesa, California</a>, until March 3, 2017, when it sold its office park, Trinity Christian City, retaining its studios in nearby <a href="/facts/Tustin,_California/hmrrpVBC">Tustin</a>. Auxiliary studio facilities are located in <a href="/facts/Irving,_Texas/cyNzIUDr">Irving</a>, <a href="/facts/Hendersonville,_Tennessee/jXIy6u1R">Hendersonville</a>, <a href="/facts/Gadsden,_Alabama/lrcAFWUQ">Gadsden</a>, <a href="/facts/Decatur,_Georgia/S7FEAxXy">Decatur</a>, <a href="/facts/Miami/L5FsgQcb">Miami</a> and <a href="/facts/Orlando,_Florida/QeW5fkCp">Orlando</a>, <a href="/facts/Tulsa,_Oklahoma/2s2CcSHe">Tulsa</a> and <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>. TBN has characterized itself as broadcasting programs hosted by a diverse group of ministries from <a href="/facts/Evangelical/64I65VDK">Evangelical</a>, traditional <a href="/facts/Protestant/NXja4K3g">Protestant</a> and <a href="/facts/Catholicism/rJ4F4gqH">Catholic</a> denominations, non-profit charities, <a href="/facts/Messianic_Judaism/FwH3hWMB">Messianic Jewish</a> and other <a href="/facts/Christians/15hE11VR">Christian</a> media personalities. TBN also broadcasts original programming, faith-based films, and political opinion commentary from various distributors. The TBN corporation owns and operates four broadcast networks in the United States—TBN, <a href="/facts/TBN_Inspire/RrhPlzt2">TBN Inspire</a>, <a href="/facts/Positiv/BGV9Ddt5">Positiv</a> and <a href="/facts/Enlace/ycEReXVD">Enlace</a>—as well as a number of religious networks in other countries. <a href="/facts/Matt_Crouch_(TBN)/BAnwal3z">Matt Crouch</a> has been TBN's president and head of operations since 2015. </p>