Draft:Roberts Liardon
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{{Short description|American christian leader}}
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Roberts Liardon is an author, evangelist, pastor and teacher. He is the pastor of Embassy Christian Centre Church and leader of the Spirit Life Bible Church and founder of the Roberts Liardon Ministries in Orange County, California.{{Cite news |title=Roberts Liardon -- Announces Plans to Build a New Church in Orlando |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/roberts-liardon-announces-plans-build-012921884.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20170118061146/http://finance.yahoo.com:80/news/roberts-liardon-announces-plans-build-012921884.html |archive-date=2017-01-18 |access-date=2025-01-12 |language=en-US}}.
Career
Robert Liardon is an accomplished author who has sold over 15 million copies of his books worldwide. At the age of 17, his book, "I saw Heaven" became a global bestseller, and he followed that with "God's Generals", a book which chronicled the life of many notable Christian leaders of the past and present, cementing his status as a renowned church historian,{{Cite book |last=Liardon |first=Roberts |title=God's Generals: Why They Succeeded and Why Some Fail. |date=2000 |publisher=Whitaker House }}. Apart from ministry, he has been involved in HIV/AIDS advocacy and support in Africa{{Cite news |title=Roberts Liardon -- Continues His Efforts With Help in AIDS Humanitarian Work |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/roberts-liardon-continues-efforts-help-014736412.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20170107060729/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/roberts-liardon-continues-efforts-help-014736412.html |archive-date=2017-01-07 |access-date=2025-01-12 |language=en-US}}.
Controversy
In 2001 Roberts temporarily stepped down from his church and ministry over "a short-term inappropriate sexual relationship". His church disclosed in a statement that he was stepping down for at least three months to undergo recovery{{Cite web |last=Lobdell |first=William |date=2001-12-22 |title=Pastor Takes Leave After Admitting to 'Moral Failure' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-22-me-17193-story.html |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
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