Newport Mesa Christian Center Bible Class
December 4, 1988 - Part 2
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Transcript: Dr. Walter Martin introducing Hank Hanegraaff for a 2nd time during the Bible Class meeting at Newport Mesa Christian Center, December 4, 1988
Dr. Walter Martin: “I have the joy to introduce to you, a person that’s a joy to me. He’s gonna have a unique role at Christian Research Institute, and I wanted you to meet him, because this class supports Christian Research Institute in a remarkable way, both by time, and by contributions. And we are very grateful for it. In fact, our efforts began at Melodyland Christian Center. In our Bible Class, there’s a number of people here this morning, that, were there, when we began those efforts for Christian Research Institute, in California back in 1976. God has richly blessed it since then, from one room in Anaheim in 1976, to 36,000 square feet in 1988. It’s quite a jump of time and space and circumstances. And God has blessed in a remarkable way. So I want to praise and thank God for that, and for the man who is helping us at CRI get something that’s very important done. I’ve needed for many years, someone who could fill the role of a special assistant, or of an Executive Vice-President, to help at CRI, someone with the credentials and the abilities, somebody that could teach, somebody that could preach, somebody that had the capacities to manage and has been very successful in his own operations for some time. He’s going to tell you about, what the Lord has done for him. He’s going to be working very closely with me, particularly when he moves to California, uh, in the middle of next year, the Lord willing, and, so, this is someone in whom I have implicit confidence. He’s young… I’ve surrounded myself with young people because I do not believe the myth, of invulnerability or if immortality. I’ve seen too many Christian leaders think that they were never gonna die and wait ‘til the last minute before they got anybody to help them, and then they had chaos. I have not made that mistake. I have a bunch of young people who are very eager and very helpful. And my Board of Directors, has some young people on it, and this is one of them. It’s a pleasure to introduce somebody who doesn’t forget anything that he doesn’t want to forget. And that can be a problem at Board meetings. (Audience chuckles) And particularly if you’re having an argument with your wife, it’s dangerous to know too much about what she said. I think Hank has a convenient memory where that is concerned, as I have developed one myself. It’s a pleasure to introduce to you, Hank Hanegraaff.”
(Applause…) (microphone exchange) (Hank chuckles)(undecipherable comment)(audience chuckles)
Hank Hanegraaff: “Thank you for that warm welcome. I’m delighted to be here. My name is, Hank Hanegraaff, and I wanna tell you a little bit about my personal ministry, what I’ve been involved in, in the last, almost decade, the last 10 years. From the time that I became a Christian myself…”
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