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Article: Ralph Reed departs Christian Coalition.
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- May 7, 1997
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Ralph Reed, the executive director of the Christian Coalition who turned the organization into the Religious Right's pre-eminent political force, announced April 23 that he will leave it to form a new campaign consulting firm and to work with charitable groups. In announcing his resignation after more than seven years in the job, Reed, 35, credited the coalition with turning religious conservatives from a "marginal" group into "one of the most potent and well-organized political forces in all of American politics."
Speaking at a news conference, Reed said the coalition's efforts will continue after he departs the organization founded in 1989 by religious ...