Stakelbeck in 2018

Erick Stakelbeck (born January 21, 1976) is an American author, and television host and presenter of The Watchman on TBN and The Watchman Newscast on YouTube.[1][2] As a Christian Zionist,[3][4] the show is sponsored by Christians United for Israel (CUFI).[5]

Early life

Stakelbeck had a working-class upbringing in Philadelphia, with his father, who was a factory electrician by trade, also being "an autodidact who loved to study biblical history."[4] Stakelbeck graduated from the Holy Family University in the same city.[6] While a long-time supporter of Israel, he also became increasingly drawn to studying the roots of Islamic terrorism after the September 11 attacks, and began writing articles for the right-wing publication FrontPage Magazine.[4]

Television career

Stakelbeck worked as a senior writer and analyst at the Investigative Project on Terrorism from 2003 to 2005, and his articles appeared in several newspapers.[6] From 2005 he worked as a correspondent, host and analyst for CBN News, where he covered "U.S. national security, the Middle East, Israel-related issues and the growth of radical Islam at home and abroad."[6] He has also been a regular contributor to The Blaze TV, and a regular guest on several Fox News shows.[6] He received the Ben Hecht Award for Outstanding Journalism from the Zionist Organization of America in 2014,[7] and a media "Truth" award from the Endowment for Middle East Truth in 2015.[8]

He began hosting The Watchman on TBN in 2016.[5] For his show, he has travelled throughout Israel, reporting from the borders of Gaza, Syria and Lebanon, and interviewing senior Israeli leaders.[4] He regularly highlights Israel's "strategic predicament", noting its proximity to radical Islamic terror groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas at its borders.[4] He also focuses on Biblical End Times prophecy, believing that "we live in prophetic times", and that "the miraculous rebirth of Israel ... set the prophetic time clock into overdrive".[9] In 2022, he also became a correspondent for TBN's new Centerpoint, a nightly news and analysis program.[10]

Personal life

Stakelbeck has addressed several conferences and events of groups such as ACT for America and the David Horowitz Freedom Center, and the Family Research Council,[11] and has aligned himself with counter-jihad activists.[12][13][14]

Stakelbeck lives outside Washington, D.C., is married and has two children.[6]

Bibliography

  • The Terrorist Next Door: How the Government is Deceiving You About the Islamist Threat. Regnery. 2011. ISBN 978-1596981522.
  • The Brotherhood: America's Next Great Enemy. Regnery. 2013. ISBN 978-1621570332.
  • ISIS Exposed: Beheadings, Slavery, and the Hellish Reality of Radical Islam. Regnery. 2015. ISBN 978-1621573777.

References

  1. ↑ "The Watchman with Erick Stakelbeck". TBN. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  2. ↑ "The Watchman with Erick Stakelbeck". YouTube. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  3. ↑ Kampeas, Ron (July 18, 2017). "Christian Zionists still uncertain about Trump — but know they're glad Obama is out". Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Pine, Dan (August 3, 2017). "Christian Zionist praises Israel, warns of jihadist terror". The Jewish News of Northern California.
  5. 1 2 "Q&A with Erick Stakelbeck, Host of CUFI's "The Watchman" on TBN". The Jerusalem Post. February 23, 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Erick Stakelbeck". CBN News. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Local honorees to be awarded by Zionist organization". Northeast Times. September 4, 2014.
  8. ↑ Langfan, Mark (June 20, 2015). "Gohmert: Obama Outed Israeli Iranian Spy Mission". Israel National News.
  9. ↑ Hallowell, Billy (December 13, 2023). "'We live in prophetic times': Breakdown of the history of Hanukkah and End Times Bible prophecy". The Washington Times.
  10. ↑ Kellner, Mark A. (March 4, 2022). "Evangelical TV network TBN to launch nightly news/analysis show". The Washington Times.
  11. ↑ "Meet the Extremists Attending the ACT for America Conference". Southern Poverty Law Center. September 1, 2016.
  12. ↑ Lopez, Kathryn Jean (May 13, 2011). "Southern Exposure". National Review.
  13. ↑ "Stakelbeck on Terror: The West and Free Speech". CBN News. October 2, 2012.
  14. ↑ Stakelbeck, Erick (September 15, 2015). "The Watchman Show: Is ISIS Winning Against the West?". CBN News.
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