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He is also the president and CEO of Global Evangelism Television, which telecasts his radio and television ministry. Hagee has received numerous honors and accolades from national [[Jewish]] organizations for his unwavering support of [[Israel]]. In pursuit of his support of Israel, Hagee helped found Christians United for Israel on February 7, 2006 as a "Christian AIPAC" lobbying Congress to support Israel. Hagee supports a view, at odds with many of his contemporaries in evangelical Christianity, that Jews (as God's chosen people) get to heaven apart from Jesus based upon their adherence to the Torah.
He is also the president and CEO of Global Evangelism Television, which telecasts his radio and television ministry. Hagee has received numerous honors and accolades from national [[Jewish]] organizations for his unwavering support of [[Israel]]. In pursuit of his support of Israel, Hagee helped found Christians United for Israel on February 7, 2006 as a "Christian AIPAC" lobbying Congress to support Israel. Hagee supports a view, at odds with many of his contemporaries in evangelical Christianity, that Jews (as God's chosen people) get to heaven apart from Jesus based upon their adherence to the Torah.
==Controversy==
==Controversies==
As a conservative Christian, Hagee has been the subject of numerous controversies.
===Compensation===
Some groups consider Hagee's compensation to be excessive for a minister and have asked him to repent.<ref>http://open-letter-for-pastor-hagee.org/</ref>
Some groups consider Hagee's compensation to be excessive for a minister and have asked him to repent.<ref>http://open-letter-for-pastor-hagee.org/</ref>
==Support for Israel and Jewish people===
[[John McCain]] rejected Hagee's endorsement when presented with Hagee's views on the [[holocaust]].<ref>"Then God sent a hunter. A hunter is someone with a gun and he forces you. Hitler was a hunter. And the Bible says -- Jeremiah writing -- 'They shall hunt them from every mountain and from every hill and from the holes of the rocks,' meaning there's no place to hide. And that might be offensive to some people but don't let your heart be offended. I didn't write it, Jeremiah wrote it. It was the truth and it is the truth. How did it happen? Because God allowed it to happen. Why did it happen? Because God said my top priority for the Jewish people is to get them to come back to the land of Israel." Full audio of the sermon available [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErC1IJeHnyc]</ref> Jewish groups have come to Hagee's defense, noting his strong support for Israel and that the same view is shared by some Orthodox rabbis.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080524/NATION/810558402/0/ENTERTAINMENT</ref><ref>http://dennisprager.townhall.com/columnists/DennisPrager/2008/05/28/god,_the_holocaust_and_a_pastor</ref>
[[John McCain]] rejected Hagee's endorsement when presented with Hagee's views on the [[holocaust]].<ref>"Then God sent a hunter. A hunter is someone with a gun and he forces you. Hitler was a hunter. And the Bible says -- Jeremiah writing -- 'They shall hunt them from every mountain and from every hill and from the holes of the rocks,' meaning there's no place to hide. And that might be offensive to some people but don't let your heart be offended. I didn't write it, Jeremiah wrote it. It was the truth and it is the truth. How did it happen? Because God allowed it to happen. Why did it happen? Because God said my top priority for the Jewish people is to get them to come back to the land of Israel." Full audio of the sermon available [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErC1IJeHnyc]</ref> Jewish groups have come to Hagee's defense, noting his strong support for Israel and that the same view is shared by some Orthodox rabbis.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080524/NATION/810558402/0/ENTERTAINMENT</ref><ref>http://dennisprager.townhall.com/columnists/DennisPrager/2008/05/28/god,_the_holocaust_and_a_pastor</ref>
Christians consider this, citing Galatians 4:25-26, a damnable heresy.
Christians consider this, citing Galatians 4:25-26, a damnable heresy.
In 1960, he married Martha Downing, they had two children John Christopher and Tish; he divorced her in 1975. In 1976 Hagee married Diana Castro, they have three children Cristina, Matthew and Sandy. Fundamentalist and some evangelical Christians believe the Bible prohibits a divorced person from serving as pastor, especially given that he was guilty of the extra-marital affair leading to the divorce (and subsequently married the woman with whom he had the affair).<ref>https://joelx.com/pastor-john-hagee-cornerstone-church-ministry-heresy-divorce-dirty-deeds/910/</ref>
===Marital Status===
In 1960, he married Martha Downing, with whom he had two children: John Christopher and Tish.
While married to Downing Hagee began an affair with Diana Castro; he divorced Downing in 1975 and left his prior church at the same time.
In 1976 Hagee married Castro, they have three children: Cristina, Matthew and Sandy. He started Cornerstone (not too far from his prior church) around the same time. Matthew serves as associate pastor at Cornerstone Church and often preaches for his father.
Fundamentalist and some evangelical Christians believe the Bible prohibits a divorced person from serving as pastor, especially given that he was guilty of the extra-marital affair leading to the divorce (and subsequently married the woman with whom he had the affair).<ref>https://joelx.com/pastor-john-hagee-cornerstone-church-ministry-heresy-divorce-dirty-deeds/910/</ref>
== References ==
== References ==