Why Did Mrs. Martin Defend Hank Hanegraaff as President of CRI?
Darlene Martin was a strong supporter of Hank until a CRI Board meeting in 1996. At that meeting, Hank was rude towards her for no apparent reason and his attitude was one of contempt. It was a strange encounter, and after experiencing this, Darlene began to worry that there might be some truth to the above allegations. She was taken aback by this negative “side” of Hank and could not think of anything she had done to offend him–or why he had not approached her privately instead of embarrassing her in such a public way. Still, even after this confrontation, Darlene found it difficult to believe the allegations against Hank. For the next two years, at her request, we made hundreds of phone calls and conducted face to face interviews with people who worked very closely with Hank. We hoped for the best, but ended up with a very negative portrait of Hank Hanegraaff–to our disappointment and dismay. We were appalled when we realized the extent of the problems at CRI. The evidence seemed t
