Rob Schenck
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| Born |
Robert Leonard Schenck 1958 Montclair, New Jersey |
| Education |
Master of Arts in Christian Ministry, Faith Evangelical Lutheran Seminary (1998) |
| Spouse(s) | Cheryl (née Smith) Schenck |
| Children | Anna and Matthew Schenck |
| Parent(s) | Henry and Marjorie Schenck |
| Website | http://www.faithandaction.org |
| Church | Methodist Episcopal Church, USA |
| Ordained | 1982, New York District. Presbytery of the General Council of the Assemblies of God |
| Writings | "Ten Words That Will Change America" (Albury Press) |
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Offices held
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President, Faith and Action in the Nation's Capital |
| Title | Reverend Doctor |
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Schenck also serves as President of the National Clergy Council, and as an elected chaplain to the Capital Forum Club, the only private association to meet regularly inside the U.S. Capitol. In this capacity, he offers the invocation with remarks at the annual U.S. Capitol Police Officer of the Year award ceremony and provides pastoral and other ministerial services to the congressional and Capitol Hill communities. His views on current events and public policy are often viewed and quoted in the media.
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Master of Arts in Christian Ministry, Faith Evangelical Lutheran Seminary (1998)
Robert Lenard "Rob" Schenck (pronounced SHANK; born 1958) is an American Evangelical clergyman who ministers to elected and appointed officials in Washington, DC. Serving as President of the Christian outreach ministry Faith and Action, Schenck is an ordained minister of the old line and evangelical Methodist Episcopal Church USA and was commissioned as a missionary by the Come Alive New Testament Church of Medford, N.J. Since 1982, he has preached in all 50 states, several Canadian provinces, and over 40 countries. He has created organizations still serving those in need and providing ongoing spiritual and humanitarian support in such places as Mexico, Egypt, and Cambodia. He is the subject of the award-winning 2016 Abigail Disney documentary, “The Armor of Light”. Media outlets and policy makers seek his opinions on current issues, and he regularly appears as a guest on news and opinion shows.
Robert Lenard Schenck and his identical twin brother, Paul, were born in 1958 in Montclair, New Jersey, to Chaim "Henry Paul" Schenck and Marjorie (née Apgar) Schenck. Schenck was named after his father’s older brother who was a decorated B-17 bomber pilot in World War II and who lost his life in an air crash while serving in the Korean War. Schenck's father was born Jewish, raised in Manhattan and attended a reformed Temple on Long Island, and Schenck's mother was born Catholic in Brooklyn, raised non-religious (she converted to Judaism when marrying his father), and grew up in Northern New Jersey.
Schenck grew up in Grand Island, New York. One of his interests was Spanish, which he now uses in ministry. He and his friends started GASP: Grand Island Association Against Pollution, which served as an early community recycling center.
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