[asa] New Head of Christian Coalition Named

For those who missed it, and are interested in this news.

An aside: A former biology teacher...Becky Hunter is the wife of
Joel Hunter, senior pastor at ..Northland: A Church Distributed,
located near Orlando, Fla. Hunter ..has been married for more than 30
years. ..She is the mother of three adult sons; two are married and
are in full-time ministry and one is single and in medical
school. ..." Summer 2006: http://tinyurl.com/y7u43j

I know Joel Hunter, and he is a dear, dear man. ~ Janice

PS:
Hot links in the excerpts below are provided by me. Here's another
one: 40 questions about religion and ....: http://tinyurl.com/yl7o83

Christian Coalition signals change of guard in selection of its [Head]
Mark I. Pinsky Sentinel Staff Writer September 30, 2006

Excerpts:
Amid an upheaval that has seen the defection of numerous state
chapters, the Christian Coalition of America has named the pastor of
a Longwood megachurch
http://www.northlandcc.net/locations.aspx?LocationId=3 as its [Head].

The selection of the Rev. Joel Hunter
http://www.northlandchurch.net/joelhunter/ of Northland, a Church
Distributed http://northlandchurch.net/ , however....

...For years led by Ralph Reed http://tinyurl.com/ye5e6o [intil he
quit], the once-influential Christian Coalition has fallen on hard
times. In recent months four state chapters -- Georgia, Alabama, Iowa
and Ohio -- have left the national organization, saying....

Several months ago, Hunter's suburban church published his latest
book ...

[ Read Chapter two: 5 Myths about .....]: http://tinyurl.com/yk8r35

In the book, Hunter outlined his views for a more moderate approach
to .... http://tinyurl.com/yl8lb2

..." Click link to read the whole
article:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-coalition3006sep30,0,2248679.story

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Received on Fri Oct 13 13:35:40 2006