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Encyclopedia > Robert Grant (Christian Leader)

Dr. Robert Grant is often called the father of the modern Christian right in America. He serves as the Chairman of Christian Voice and the American Freedom Coalition. Christian Right is a term collectively referring to a spectrum of conservative Christian political and social movements and organizations characterized by their strong support of social values they deem traditional in the United States and other western countries. ... ... Christian Voice is an American conservative Christian advocacy group, headquartered at the Heritage Foundation in the 1970s and 1980s and currently located in Alexandria, Virginia. ... The American Freedom Coalition (AFC) is a group which seeks to unite conservatives to work toward what it believes are common goals, including anticommunism. ...


Wikipedia's Christian Right listing reports "As a modern political force, the Christian Right began in 1974 when Dr. Robert Grant founded American Christian Cause to advocate Christian moral teachings in Southern California. Concerned that christians overwhelmingly voted in favor of President Jimmy Carter in 1976, Grant founded Christian Voice to mobilize Christian voters in favor of candidates who share their values. Grant involved national conservative leaders including Gary Jarmin, Howard Phillips, Terry Dolan, and Richard Viguerie in his movement and made national headlines when Christian Voice-backed candidates including Ronald Reagan, Steve Symms, Dan Quayle, and John East defeated entrenched incumbents in the 1978 and 1980 elections.. After Grant ousted Phillips, Dolan, and Viguerie several years later, the trio went on to recruit Jerry Falwell to build a new Christian Right organization, the Moral Majority. Grant's movement was said to have played a significant role in the election of President Ronald Reagan in 1980 and dozens of immitators were founded inlcluding Concerned Women for America, Coalition for Traditional Values, and Christian Coalition." [1] The Wikipedia logo. ... Christian Right is a term collectively referring to a spectrum of conservative Christian political and social movements and organizations characterized by their strong support of social values they deem traditional in the United States and other western countries. ... James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ... Christian Voice is an American conservative Christian advocacy group, headquartered at the Heritage Foundation in the 1970s and 1980s and currently located in Alexandria, Virginia. ... Howard Phillips (born February 6, 1941) is an American right-wing political figure who was born in Boston, Massachusetts. ... The Elections and Parties Series Democracy Representative democracy History of democracy Referenda Liberal democracy Representation Voting Voting systems Ideology Elections Elections by country Elections by calender Electoral systems Politics Politics by country Political campaigns Political science Political philosophy Related topics Political parties Parties by country Parties by name Parties by... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... Steven Douglas Symms (born April 23, 1938) is an American politician from the state of Idaho, who currently works for Parry, Romani & DeConcini, a lobbying firm in Washington, D.C. Symms was born in Nampa, Idaho and attended public schools; he graduated from the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho... James Danforth Quayle (born February 4, 1947) was the 44th Vice President of the United States under George H. W. Bush (1989-1993). ... John East (died 1856), was a 19th century Anglican clergyman and writer. ... Jerry Lamon Falwell (born on August 11, 1933) is an American Baptist pastor, televangelist, founder of the Moral Majority & Liberty University, and a prominent Conservative activist. ... The term Moral Majority signifies the concept that there are often informal subgroups within many larger nations which pursues a strict moral agenda, usually based upon a deep belief in a religion, such as Christianity, Islam, Judaism, or Hinduism, which is embedded to some extent within the national culture. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... Concerned Women for America is a conservative Christian group that is active in politics in the United States. ... This article is about the organization presently operating in the United States. ...


Grant has appeared on 60 Minutes, Nightline, CBS and NBC News, the Morton Downey Show, Jr. Show, Good Morning America, CBS Nightwatch and over 2000 local and national radio and television talk shows. He's been quoted in Time, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, Washington Post, Christianity Today, and hundreds of other publications. ... Christianity Today is an Evangelical Christian periodical based in Carol Stream, Illinois. ...


Ordaned Baptist Minister; Founding Chairman Christian Voice with Colonel Donor, Gary Jarmin, Richard Viguerie, Terry Dolan; Founder, California Graduate School of Theology; Founding President American Freedom Coalition with Ralph David Abernathy; Founding Chairman Coalition for Religious Freedom with Tim Lehay; Founder Americans for Traditional Values with Tim Lehay; Board of Governors Council for National Policy; Founder United Community Church of Glendale, California; Publisher, American Freedom Journal; Shalom Award, Nation of Israel ; Christian Voice is an American conservative Christian advocacy group, headquartered at the Heritage Foundation in the 1970s and 1980s and currently located in Alexandria, Virginia. ... The Elections and Parties Series Democracy Representative democracy History of democracy Referenda Liberal democracy Representation Voting Voting systems Ideology Elections Elections by country Elections by calender Electoral systems Politics Politics by country Political campaigns Political science Political philosophy Related topics Political parties Parties by country Parties by name Parties by... The American Freedom Coalition (AFC) is a group which seeks to unite conservatives to work toward what it believes are common goals, including anticommunism. ... Ralph David Abernathy (March 21, 1926 - April 17, 1990) was an American civil rights leader. ... A religious right organization founded by Tim LeHay and Robert Grant to lobby for against government regulation of religion. ... The Council for National Policy (CNP), is a conservative American lobby group, membership of which is only available by invitation. ... A monthly newspaper on politics, international relations, and current events, published by Dr. Robert Grant. ...


Grant has also at times served as a nationally syndicated radio talk show host, as the co-host of the national telivision talk show Let Freedom Ring, in various ministerial positions, as the Religion Editor of The Washington Times, on the Publisher's Council of Conservative Digest Magazine, and lead over 125 pilgrimages to Israel. The Washington Times is a daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C.. It was founded in 1982 as a conservative alternative to the Washington Post by members of the controversial Unification Church. ...


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Robert Grant (Christian Leader) at AllExperts (376 words)
Robert Grant is often called the father of the modern Christian right in America.
Grant involved national conservative leader,Gary Jarmin, in his movement and made national headlines when Christian Voice-backed candidates including Ronald Reagan, Steve Symms, Dan Quayle, and John East defeated entrenched incumbents in the 1978 and 1980 elections.
Grant's movement was said to have played a significant role in the election of President Ronald Reagan in 1980 and dozens of immitators were founded including Concerned Women for America, American Coalition for Traditional Values, and the Christian Coalition."[1] Grant is an ordained Baptist minister.
Christian: Definition and Much More from Answers.com (2672 words)
Other congregations of Christians united as a separate body that ultimately took the name of the Christian Church; this was merged in 1931 with the Congregational churches and the merged group became known as the Congregational Christian churches (see Congregationalism).
Christians believe Jesus to be the Son of God, who lived a life befitting that of the creator of the universe, free of sin and full of love, who at the end of his earthly life was crucified, and then on the third day, rose from the dead, and later ascended into heaven.
Christians of this stripe maintain that a centralizing impulse in the church, present from the early days of the church through the rise of Constantine, represented a departure from true Christianity.
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