The Chalcedon Foundation is the name for the Christian Reconstructionist organization founded by Rousas John Rushdoony. It has also included well-known theologins such as Gary North, who later founded his own organization, the Institute for Christian Economics. Christian Reconstructionism is a religious and political movement within Protestant Christianity. ... Rousas John Rushdoony (1916–2001) was the seminal leader of the Christian Reconstructionist theology in the United States. ... Gary North is one of the major writers and publishers of the Christian Reconstructionist movement. ...

According to the group's web site: "We believe that the whole Word of God must be applied to all of life. It is not only our duty as individuals, families and churches to be Christian, but it is also the duty of the state, the school, the arts and sciences, law, economics, and every other sphere to be under Christ the King. Nothing is exempt from His dominion. We must live by His Word, not our own."

History

- Summer 1965: The Chalcedon Foundation was officially founded by R. J. Rushdoony.

- 1971: Gary North is hired part time.

- 1973: Greg Bahnsen hired. Gary North hired full-time. Greg Bahnsen Greg Bahnsen, (1948 - December 11, 1995), was an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and a full time Scholar in Residence for the Southern California Center for Christian Studies. ...

- 1976: Rushdoony founds Ross House Books. Gary North and Greg Bahnsen leave Chalcedon to pursue their callings elsewhere. Greg Bahnsen Greg Bahnsen, (1948 - December 11, 1995), was an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and a full time Scholar in Residence for the Southern California Center for Christian Studies. ...

- 1977: The Chalcedon Foundation's first office building is built.

- 1987: The Newsletter became a magazine, the Chalcedon Report.

- Feb. 8, 2001: Founder R. J. Rushdoony dies. After Rushdoony's death, the organization was taken over by his son Mark Rushdoony, who continues to run the organization.

- 2004 Ross House Books merges with Chalcedon.

- 2005: The Chalcedon Report gets renamed Faith for All of Life

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