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​Hendrik "Hank" Hanegraaff (born 1950 in the Netherlands), also known as the "Bible Answer Man", is an American Christian author and radio talk-show host. Formerly an evangelical Protestant, he joined the Eastern Orthodox Church in 2017. He is an outspoken figure within the Christian countercult movement, where he has established a reputation for his critiques of non-Christian religions, new religious movements, and cults, as well as heresy in Christianity. He is also an apologist on doctrinal and cultural issues. Hank Hanegraaff serves as president and chairman of the board of the North Carolina–based Christian Research Institute. He is also host of the nationally syndicated Bible Answer Man broadcast as well as the Hank Unplugged podcast.

July 9, 2021: Evolution News: ​Stephen Meyer Tells Hank Hanegraaff About a Providential Debate — and Much More
​For his podcast “Hank Unplugged,” Hank Hanegraaff talked with Stephen Meyer about Return of the God Hypothesis, and noted the striking way the book is framed. Hanegraaff “couldn’t put it down” because of that framing — the story of Meyer’s Toronto debate with the aggressive atheist cosmologist Lawrence Krauss, teaming up with a Christian theistic evolutionist of the BioLogos stripe, Denis Lamoureux. There were a couple of striking things about the debate, where Meyer was overcome early on by a migraine brought on by the bright lights. 

Apr 11, 2017: Relevant Magazine reported that Hanegraaf has joined the Orthodox Church: "According to a Facebook post from an Orthodox priest named Father Thomas Soroka, Haanegraaf, his wife and two of their 12 (12!) children have been baptized into the Eastern Orthodox Church. St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, to be precise."

Apr 11, 2017: Relevant: Hank Hanegraaff, the ‘Bible Answer Man,’ Has Joined the Orthodox Church
​According to a Facebook post from an Orthodox priest named Father Thomas Soroka, Haanegraaf, his wife and two of their 12 (12!) children have been baptized into the Eastern Orthodox Church. St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, to be precise.

Mat 10, 2017: CBN: ​'Bible Answer Man' Diagnosed with Cancer: Why He's 'Not Necessarily' Praying for Healing
​Christian radio host Hank Hanegraaff has announced that he has a rare form of cancer and he's asking his supporters for prayer. 
Hanegraaff, also known as the "Bible Answer Man," announced on his Facebook page that he was diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma recently. 
  "This is a treatable cancer, but it is going to require aggressive chemotherapy," he said.