No. 22 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
Evangelist, Give Me an Answer
Cliffe Knechtle is a pastor who has spent almost fifty years answering challenges from students in open-air sessions on college campuses.
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Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where Cliffe Knechtle's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
Since the late 1970s he has stood on campuses across the country and taken on any student who wants to argue with him about faith.
Knechtle founded the apologetics ministry Give Me an Answer and is senior pastor of Grace Community Church in New Canaan, Connecticut.
Recordings of his campus exchanges have drawn large audiences on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram since the 2010s.
On the record
2025
April 2025
One against many
Against Harvard students · Harvard Science Center Plaza
Knechtle and his son Stuart answered challenges from more than 100 students, the format he has taken from campus to campus since the late 1970s.
2004
September 16, 2004
Formal debate
Against Michael Newdow · Michigan State University
A formal debate with the activist who sued to remove "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance. Neither side's students were persuaded, and both agreed to keep talking.
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