Hank Hanegraaff

==Personal life==
Hanegraaff was born in the [[Netherlands]] and raised in the [[United States]] from childhood. He and his wife Kathy have twelve children. In the mid-2000s, seeking to save money on ministry operations,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ta-qOuhtGkAC |title=The Face That Demonstrates The Farce of Evolution - Hank Hanegraaff - Google Boeken |date=2001-02-16 |isbn=9781418515096 |access-date=2014-06-25|last1=Hanegraaff |first1=Hank |publisher=HarperChristian + ORM }}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Hanegraaff and his wife moved from [[Southern California]] to [[Charlotte, North Carolina]].<ref name=bioequip/> In subsequent years Hanegraaff became increasingly discontented with [[evangelicalism]]; a period of research and seeking led him to the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> On [[Palm Sunday]], 9 April 2017, together with his wife Kathy and two of their sons, he was received by [[chrismation]] into [[Nectarios of Aegina|St. Nektarios]] [[Greek Orthodox Church]] in Charlotte, a parish within the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2017/04/hank-hanegraaff-aka-bible-answer-man.html?m=1|title=Hank Hanegraaff (a.k.a. "the Bible Answer Man") Received Into the Orthodox Church|website=www.johnsanidopoulos.com|access-date=2017-04-10}}</ref> Apparently the largest negative reaction to his conversion was that his syndicated radio program was dropped by the [[Bott Radio Network]], which operates at least 119 [[Christian Radio|Christian]] [[radio station]]s in at least 13 states. Some other radio stations did the same.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article154139454.html|title=How a photo of radio's 'Bible Answer Man' in church lost him thousands of listeners|website=miamiherald|language=en|access-date=2019-05-28}}</ref>

In 2017 Hanegraaff revealed that he has [[mantle cell lymphoma]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/bible-answer-man-hank-hanegraaff-cancer-update-i-have-tumors-throughout-my-entire-body-183721/|title='Bible Answer Man' Hank Hanegraaff Cancer Update: I Have Tumors Throughout My Entire Body|newspaper=The Christian Post|date=2017-05-16|access-date=2017-06-07}}</ref>