Robert Leonard Schenck (born 1958) is an American Evangelical clergyman who has ministered to elected and appointed officials in Washington, D.C. and serves as president of a non-profit organization named for Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

[citation needed] From 2012 to 2016, Schenck served as chairman of the board of directors of the Evangelical Church Alliance (ECA).

[9] In 1988, Schenck, an Assembly of God minister took a long-distance walk to help people in Mexico who live and work in garbage dumps.

He hoped to raise $1 million to build a clinic and recruit volunteers willing to help provide medical, dental, and construction services.

"[11] In 1995, Schenck organized the first National Memorial for the Preborn and their Mothers and Fathers, a religious service in opposition to abortion.

[18][better source needed] In 2005, Faith and Action served as a clearinghouse for donations to the family of Susan Torres, a brain-dead pregnant woman being kept on life support so that she could give birth.

[21][22][23] In August 1994, in order to minister to national decision makers, Schenck and family moved to Washington, D.C. His first ministry there was to organize a new church.

[25] Schenck was invited to speak because of his opposition to gun violence and the documentary, The Armor of Light, focusing on him, which was screened at the church following the service.

Schenk used a ritual of blessing and prayer to seek divine guidance for the committee and the jurist during the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito.

Special delegations made up of clergy and lay people make the presentations during ceremonies held in the recipients' offices.

The agenda included a short speech which describes religion as the foundational basis of morality and law, a reading of the Commandments in their entirety, and prayers.

[31] In May 2009, Schenck joined Republican Rep. Jean Schmidt and other Ohio leaders help relocate a Ten Commandments sculpture.

The 3-foot by 3-foot granite sculpture, which weighs 850 pounds, is one of four monuments removed by federal court order from the fronts of public schools in rural Adams County, Ohio.

[32] In 2003, Schenck helped organize a supportive demonstration outside of the Alabama Judicial building, seat of the state's Supreme Court when Roy Moore was chief justice.

[33] By that time, Schenck had a long cooperative association with Moore[34] who refused to relocate a granite monument to the historic basis of the law that included the Ten Commandments.

In an interview with CBN on September 8, Schenck said this particular demonstration, while possibly warranted by common values and certainly permissible under the Constitution, violated Christian morality.

As President of the National Clergy Council, Schenck (accompanied by other pastors) met with Mayor Parker to request that her legal order be withdrawn.

The movie was called a "vital colloquy on whether we shape our lives through fear or with love" by the Los Angeles Times.

[49] In November 2015, Schenck preached at morning worship at the Washington National Cathedral where the documentary was screened following the service.

[6] Schenck had previously alleged that Justice Samuel Alito had leaked news about an upcoming Supreme Court decision in 2014.

Schenck had also claimed to have undertaken a secret campaign to influence conservative Supreme Court justices for over a decade.

At the hearing, Rep. Jim Jordan aggressively questioned Schenck's credibility, while Rep. Tom McClintock called him "'a pathetic grifter'".