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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.
Faith and Action in the Nation’s Capital, a fictitious name for P&R Schenck Associates in Evangelism, Inc. (PRS), had its organizational headquarters in Washington, D.C. The stated purpose was to "bring the good news of salvation in Jesus the Messiah to strategic places in the world and to participate in the evangelization of the world. [ 1 ]
Robert C. Schenck (1809–1890), American Civil War general and politician Robert C. Schenck (politician) (born 1975), Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives Rob Schenck (Robert Leonard Schenck, born 1958), American pastor and former anti-abortion activist
Schenck entered the ministry in May, 1982 when he was ordained by the presbytery of the New York District of the Assemblies of God. He had previously held the license to preach with the Elim Fellowship, a revivalist missionary group affiliated with his alma mater, Elim Bible Institute.
Rob Schenck, founder of the Washington, D.C. ministry Faith and Action in the Nation's Capital, described the Family's influence as "off the charts" in comparison with other fundamentalist groups, specifically compared to Focus on the Family, Pat Robertson, Gary Bauer, Traditional Values Coalition, and Prison Fellowship. [22]
Robert Schenck, a formerly anti-abortion evangelical pastor who worked with McCorvey, verified the claim made in the documentary of McCorvey receiving financial compensation. He acknowledged that his group paid McCorvey to speak against abortion, stating: "Her name and photo would command some of the largest windfalls of dollars for my group ...
Paul F. Schenck (1899–1968), U.S. Representative from Ohio; Robert C. Schenck (1809–1890), American Civil War general and U.S. Congressman; Robert C. Schenck (politician) (born 1975), Florida, USA politician; Rocky Schenck (born 1955), American music video director and photographer; William Cortenus Schenck (1773–1821), American legislator
Owing to the contentious nature of the campaign, Schenck eked out a narrow win over Clayor, defeating him with 51% of the vote and by about a thousand votes. In 2008, Schenck was initially going to face Joseph Puglia, the highly touted Democratic nominee, but Puglia withdrew from the race in September, citing his wife's deteriorating health. [2]