Bishop Barry Knestout appeared on the Christian Broadcasting Network TV program, “The 700 Club” Thursday, May 31, with host, Christian broadcaster, Dr. Pat Robertson.

Bishop Barry C. Knestout was a guest of Dr. Pat Robertson on “The 700 Club,” Thursday, May 31, on the Christian Broadcasting Network. Bishop Knestout and Dr. Robertson spoke about the New Evangelization proposed by Blessed Pope Paul VI, and promoted by St. Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, and Pope Francis. The bishop noted all of those popes had the same message.

“The first work of the Church is to evangelize; that’s the heart of the work of the Church — to get out and to express that Good News. It’s the disciples’ words: ‘We have seen the Lord and he has risen from the dead’ —to be able to express that to the world around us because it’s the new life that is offered to all who encounter that, to overcome sin and all who encounter the damage done by sin in the world around us,” the bishop said.

Bishop Knestout said the New Evangelization was returning to the roots of the Church.

“We are revisiting how it was done in the early Church, how we are bringing to bear on how we express the faith and live the faith,” he said.

Bishop Knestout continued, “Pope Francis is really encouraging us — all of us — to manifest the faith, to be witnesses of the faith, to bring an expression of the encounter we have had with the Lord — a very personal encounter. We are called to go out and give the Good News.”

The bishop noted why it is important to witness the faith.

“People will listen to witnesses more than teachers,” he said. “They’ll listen to teachers if they’re good witnesses of the faith.”

In answer to Dr. Robertson’s final question regarding the Charismatic Renewal and that impact it had upon Bishop Knestout’s dad, the bishop said, “He was transformed by that. He had a great experience of the faith, and that was an inspiration for me in my vocation.”

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