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President-Elect of Christian Coalition Steps Down
The mega-church pastor elected as the next president of the Christian Coalition in July has stepped down after learning the moral advocacy organization is not open to expanding its platform into realms like global warming and poverty.
Baptist Press reports that Joel C. Hunter of Northland Church in Longwood, Fla., decided Nov. 21 to part ways with the group after first believing they were interested in such change. He was expected to take over as president in January.
“When we really got down to it, they said: ‘This just isn’t for us. It won’t speak to our base, so we just can’t go there,’†Hunter told The New York Times.
Televangelist Pat Robertson founded the Christian Coalition in 1989 to represent the religious right in politics, and it has grown to more than 2 million members.
Hunter is the author of a book titled “Right Wing, Wrong Bird: Why the Tactics of the Religious Right Won’t Fly With Most Conservative Christians,†in which he argues that a good portion of conservative Christians believe the religious groups that are supposed to represent them focus too much on moral issues and not enough on the environment and economy, The Times said.
Roberta Combs, chairwoman of the Christian Coalition’s board, will continue as the organization’s president.
http://www.christianforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=26705
President-Elect of Christian Coalition Steps Down
The mega-church pastor elected as the next president of the Christian Coalition in July has stepped down after learning the moral advocacy organization is not open to expanding its platform into realms like global warming and poverty.
Baptist Press reports that Joel C. Hunter of Northland Church in Longwood, Fla., decided Nov. 21 to part ways with the group after first believing they were interested in such change. He was expected to take over as president in January.
“When we really got down to it, they said: ‘This just isn’t for us. It won’t speak to our base, so we just can’t go there,’†Hunter told The New York Times.
Televangelist Pat Robertson founded the Christian Coalition in 1989 to represent the religious right in politics, and it has grown to more than 2 million members.
Hunter is the author of a book titled “Right Wing, Wrong Bird: Why the Tactics of the Religious Right Won’t Fly With Most Conservative Christians,†in which he argues that a good portion of conservative Christians believe the religious groups that are supposed to represent them focus too much on moral issues and not enough on the environment and economy, The Times said.
Roberta Combs, chairwoman of the Christian Coalition’s board, will continue as the organization’s president.
http://www.christianforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=26705