Matthew W. Crouch (born October 26, 1961) is an

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broadcaster, on-air personality, and filmmaker. A second-generation television producer and executive, he is currently president of

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(TBN), and serves as the primary host (along with his wife Laurie) of the network's flagship program ''

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''.

Personal life

The younger of

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and

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's two children, Matt was born in

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, where his parents worked as assistant pastors at a local

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outpost. The family later moved to California, where his parents would co-found Trinity Broadcasting Network in 1973. Crouch married Laurie Orndorff on August 25, 1985. They are the parents of two sons, Caylan and Cody.

Career

Along with his older brother Paul Crouch Jr., Crouch spent his youth working behind the scenes at TBN in its early years. Crouch eventually rose to producing the network's flagship program, '' Praise The Lord'', by the mid-1980s. Crouch later produced a Christian music video series, ''Real Videos'', and a children's program, ''Kids' Club'', for the network with his wife Laurie. In 1995, Matt and Laurie Crouch co-founded

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, a Christian film studio based in

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. Crouch was producer or executive producer for all of the studio's productions, such as ''

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'' (1999), '' Megiddo: The Omega Code 2'' (2001), ''

One Night with the King ''One Night with the King'' is a 2006 American religious epic film produced by Matthew Crouch, Matt Crouch and Laurie Crouch of Gener8Xion Entertainment, directed by Michael O. Sajbel, and starring Peter O'Toole, Tiffany Dupont, John Rhys-Davies, a ...

'' (2006), and '' Noëlle'' (2007). In 2009, Crouch co-directed the documentary feature '' The Cross: The Arthur Blessitt Story''. In 2010, Matt and Laurie Crouch resigned their positions at Gener8Xion Entertainment and sold their shares. Crouch subsequently joined TBN's staff full-time as a vice president, eventually becoming president in 2012, when his father Paul Sr. retired from the role. In addition to his role managing TBN's day-to-day operations, Crouch and Laurie also appear as hosts of ''Praise the Lord'', TBN's signature nightly program. In 2015, he became the president of

. In 2023, Crouch directed the documentary ''Route 60: The Biblical Highway'', featuring

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References

External links

Official TBN website
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Gener8Xion Entertainment

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