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| Abbreviation | CCA |
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| Founded | 30 April 1987[1] |
| Founder | Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson |
| Type | nonprofit |
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| Legal status | 501(c)(4)[2] |
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President | Roberta Combs[3] |
Secretary | Drew McKissick[2] |
Finance director | Neal Meyer[2] |
Revenue (2018) | $766,799[2] |
| Expenses (2018) | $730,918[2] |
| Employees | 0[2] (in 2018) |
| Website | cc |
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The Christian Coalition of America (CCA), a 501(c)(4) organization, is the successor to the original Christian Coalition created in 1987 by religious broadcaster and former presidential candidate Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson.[4] This US Christian advocacy group includes members of various Christian denominations, including Baptists (50%), mainline Protestants (25%), Roman Catholics (16%), and Pentecostals (10% to 12%) among communicants of other churches.[5][6]
- ^ "Christian Coalition". Clerk's Information System. Virginia State Corporation Commission. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". Christian Coalition. December 31, 2018.
- ^ "About Us". Christian Coalition of America. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ Vaughan, Joel D. (2009-06-15). The Rise and Fall of the Christian Coalition: The Inside Story. Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN 978-1-60608-580-6.
- ^ Smidt, Corwin E.; Penning, James M. (1997). Sojourners in the Wilderness: The Christian Right in Comparative Perspective. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 49. ISBN 9780847686452.
Thus far, this ecumenical appeal appears to be working. The limited evidence available suggests that the Christian Coalition has attracted members from across denominational lines. Ralph Reed revealed that an internal poll of Christian Coalition members indicated that 25 percent belonged to mainline Protestant churches, 10 to 15 percent attended Pentecostal services, half were Baptists, and 5 to 10 percent attended "other" churches, including the Catholic church (Rozell and Wilcox 1995). More recently, the Christian Coalition has reported that Catholics comprise 16 percent of its total membership.
- ^ Young, Neil J. (1 October 2015). We Gather Together: The Religious Right and the Problem of Interfaith Politics. Oxford University Press. p. 247. ISBN 9780199908868.
In 1995, an internal survey of the Christian Coalition found that 16 percent of its 1.7 million members were Catholics.