Erick Stakelbeck

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Erick Stakelbeck is an American television host and investigative reporter. He hosts Stakelbeck Tonight on TBN and The Watchman Newscast on YouTube. A Christian Zionist, he previously led The Watchman project for Christians United for Israel.

Stakelbeck grew up in Philadelphia, where his father was a factory electrician who loved biblical history. He studied at Holy Family University. He began his career as a senior writer and analyst at the Investigative Project on Terrorism (2003–2005), then joined CBN News in 2005 as a TV correspondent and host covering U.S. national security, the Middle East, Israel-related issues and radical Islam. He hosted Stakelbeck on Terror (2010) and The Watchman (2013), contributed to The Blaze, and appeared on Fox News. He has received the Ben Hecht Award for Outstanding Journalism (2014) from the Zionist Organization of America and a Truth award from the Endowment for Middle East Truth (2015).

In 2016 he began hosting The Watchman on TBN, traveling across Israel and interviewing senior Israeli leaders. He frequently discusses Israel’s security challenges near Gaza, Syria and Lebanon and emphasizes biblical end-times prophecy, believing that Israel’s rebirth has set a prophetic time clock in motion. In 2022 he became a correspondent for TBN’s Centerpoint, and in 2024 launched Stakelbeck Tonight, which replaced The Watchman. He has interviewed leaders such as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2022) and former U.S. President Donald Trump (2024).

Stakelbeck has spoken at conservative events and conferences and has relationships with groups like ACT for America, the David Horowitz Freedom Center and the Family Research Council, including appearances at the Values Voter Summit. He has also addressed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, AIPAC, the Israel Allies Foundation and JINSA. He has expressed strong views about Islam and its role in society and has aligned with counter-jihad activists. He is married with two daughters and has lived in the Dallas–Fort Worth area as of 2024, after previously living near Washington, D.C. He is the author of several books.