Broadcast on Saturday, December 2, 2006
Listen (real)The Christian Coalition was once the most powerful religious lobbying group in the country but it has fallen on hard times. Since its founder Pat Robertson left five years ago, it has lost members and fallen into debt. Last week, it got another blow when a prominent, evangelical minister resigned the presidency. We'll talk to Dr. Joel Hunter of Northland Church in Florida who wants to expand the list of issues of concern to conservative Christians.
He thought he'd taken the movement a step forward when he accepted the presidency of the Christian Coalition. But the Coalition blinked. Last week, the board rejected his plan to shift the group's emphasis to social justice and the environment and he stepped down. Hunter talks with Barbara Bogaev about his decision.
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