Rory Alec | |
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Born | Rustenburg |
Occupation | Televangelist Author Speaker |
Spouse | Wendy Alec in 1987 |
Rory Alec is the co-founder of GOD TV along with his wife Wendy Alec, and is the network's Chief Executive Officer. He and Wendy have been recognized by Charisma magazine in 2005 as being among "30 Emerging Voices who will impact the future of the American Church".[1]
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Rory Alec’s work as GOD TV's CEO has taken him around the world, establishing a global television network. This includes launching GOD TV into new markets (like Hong Kong/Greater China);[2] opening new transmitters in Africa;[3] visiting GOD TV's regional offices (including Chennai, India) and filming reports of how Christianity is affecting specific communities.
According to Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), Alec he has a vision "for every household in the world to receive the Gospel of Jesus Christ through media." [4]
Along with his wife, Alec hosts regular series on GOD TV. He is the co-host of Behind the Screens;[5] Apocalypse & the End Times [6] and The Rory & Wendy Show.[7]
Born in Rustenburg, in 1968,[8] Alec grew up in South Africa and was passionate about his musical talents - playing the drums and piano. After completing his schooling, he spent two years in the South African military and moved to Johannesburg where he became involved in the advertising industry.
The Alecs married in 1987 and established the TV commercial production house, Alec-Gene Productions. In 1991 they moved to the UK where they launched Europe's first daily faith-based TV network in 1995.
Alec supports many community development projects, particularly in his home continent of Africa. He has led missions trips to Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi and South Africa, delivering aid to areas that face extreme poverty.[9]
In July 2010, Alec visited East Africa with Pat Boone to open a community development center in Tanzania after the American singer, actor and writer partnered with GOD TV to provide foundational funding for the facility, which provides a Maasai community with much needed health services and clean water.[10]
Speaking about his partnership with Alec and his wife Wendy, Boone said: "This amazing couple felt a compulsion not just to talk about the Christian life, but to exemplify the best of it. They founded a humanitarian subsidiary, Angel Mission, to affect the lives of the poorest and most needy in the world, and they're doing incredible things. It's this humanitarian aspect with which my wife Shirley and I have become involved." [11]
An orphanage Alec supports is Kondanani Children’s Village in Malawi which has named their primary health care facility after him.[12] He is also involved with the Jewish National Fund / Land of Promise Foundation and aims to plant one million trees in Israel as part of the revitalization of the Negev desert.[13]