Home›Sources›The Story of TBN, 50 Years in the Making (Trinity Broadcasting Network)SourcesThe Story of TBN, 50 Years in the Making (Trinity Broadcasting Network)Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Story of TBN, 50 Years in the Making (Trinity Broadcasting Network)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-story-of-tbn-50-years-trinity-broadcasting-network.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Story of TBN, 50 Years in the Making (Trinity Broadcasting Network). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-story-of-tbn-50-years-trinity-broadcasting-networkCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-story-of-tbn-50-years-in-the-making, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Story of TBN, 50 Years in the Making (Trinity Broadcasting Network)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-story-of-tbn-50-years-trinity-broadcasting-network}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXTrinity Broadcasting Network's own institutional history of its 1973 founding and subsequent growth.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (26 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2Trinity Broadcasting Network's own institutional history of its own founding, a primary institutional self-account rather than an independent history, hence the middle tier.NotesWell-attestedThe network's own account of its own founding. Reliable for uncontested dates and names, since an organization has no motive to misstate when it started, but not used here for any evaluative claim about the network, which its own history page would have no reason to make evenhandedly.CitationAuthorWell-attestedTrinity Broadcasting NetworkPublisherWell-attestedTrinity Broadcasting NetworkPublication YearWell-attested2026URLWell-attestedhttps://www.tbn.org/about/historySource TypeWell-attestedTradition's own accountClaims Backed By This Source (26 claims)This source backs 26 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15 well-attested. As cited relationships: 8 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicOrganizations, 10 claims: 4 well-attested, 5 holds, 1 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Articles, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.Historical Figures, 2 claims: 2 holds.Well-attested15ArticlesA Borrowed Camera and a Shower Curtain: TBN's First BroadcastOrganizationsTrinity Broadcasting NetworkSourcesThe Story of TBN, 50 Years in the Making (Trinity Broadcasting Network)Holds8ArticlesA Borrowed Camera and a Shower Curtain: TBN's First BroadcastHistorical FiguresJim BakkerTammy Faye MessnerOrganizationsTrinity Broadcasting NetworkGeneral References3ArticlesA Borrowed Camera and a Shower Curtain: TBN's First BroadcastThe Largest Religious Network in AmericaOrganizationsTrinity Broadcasting NetworkComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year