Erick Stakelbeck

Erick Stakelbeck (born January 21, 1976) is an American television host and presenter of Stakelbeck Tonight on TBN and The Watchman Newscast on YouTube. As a Christian Zionist, his previous The Watchman show was sponsored by Christians United for Israel, Stakelbeck being the director of its Watchman Project. Stakelbeck has also been noted as an investigative reporter and author on radical Islam, and is TBN's news director.

Early life Stakelbeck had a working-class upbringing in Philadelphia, with his father, who was a factory electrician by trade, also being "an autodidact who loved to study biblical history." Growing up in the Fox Chase neighborhood, From 2005 he worked as a television correspondent, host and analyst for CBN News, where he covered "U.S. national security, the Middle East, Israel-related issues and the growth of radical Islam at home and abroad." and The Watchman from 2013. He has also been a regular contributor and guest host on The Blaze TV, and a regular guest on several Fox News shows. and a media "Truth" award from the Endowment for Middle East Truth in 2015.

Stakelbeck began hosting The Watchman on TBN in 2016. He additionally became a correspondent for TBN's new Centerpoint, a nightly news and analysis program in 2022, and host of the new show Stakelbeck Tonight in 2024 which replaced The Watchman. and with then-former US president and presidential candidate Donald Trump in 2024.

Views Stakelbeck has addressed several conferences and events of conservative groups such as ACT for America, the David Horowitz Freedom Center and the Family Research Council, including the Values Voter Summit, as well as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, the Israel Allies Foundation, the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs,

He has stated his view that "the Left sees Islam as an ally and Western Civilization and the Judeo-Christian tradition is the enemy" and that Islam and the Left "have a shared hatred for this country". He also claims that there is a "concerted effort by Islamists to infiltrate the very heartland of American society" and that American Muslims are engaged in "stealth" or "civilizational" jihad to impose Sharia in the US.

Personal life Stakelbeck is married and has two daughters, and lived in the Dallas–Fort Worth area as of 2024. He previously lived outside Washington, D.C.