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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 ]
Schenck was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, to Henry P. Schenck and Marjorie M. Apgar. He has two sisters and an identical twin brother with whom he was raised in Grand Island, New York. His father was born Jewish and his mother converted to Judaism from the Catholic and Anglican (Episcopal) churches. He and his brother attended Hebrew School ...
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
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 Bork: American jurist and unsuccessful nominee to the United States Supreme Court; converted to Catholicism in 2003; his wife was a former Catholic nun [56] Louis Bouyer: French theologian; converted to Catholicism in 1939; Jim Bowie: American pioneer, slave smuggler and trader, and soldier who played a prominent role in the Texas ...
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
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]