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Christian Coalition a. The Christian Coalition of America is a US Christian advocacy group founded by Reverend Pat Robertson which is comprised of Christian fundamentalists, evangelicals, neo-evangelicals and charismatics. It used to wield great power in the Republican Party, but active members number around 30,000 presently.

b. Type: Political

c. Membership: Estimated to be approximately 30,000.

d. Goals and Purposes:To attract active citizens for the purpose of guaranteeing that government acts in ways that strengthen, rather than threaten, families. As such, the group works together with Christians of all denominations and also with other Americans who agree with their mission and ideals.

e. Funding Sources:The Christian Coalition was originally operated as a 501(c)(4) tax-exempt organization pending the IRS's final determination. Several State chapters were also created as independent corporations within their states, including the Christian Coalition of Texas. The Christian Coalition of Texas successfully obtained non-profit status as a 501(c)(4) tax-exempt organization, while the national group's application remained pending and unresolved. Then, in 1992, the Virginia Beach Christian Coalition printed and distributed "voter guides" which it distibuted to conservative christian churches. Complaints about these voter guides led to the denial of the Christian Coalition, Inc.'s tax-exempt status. The Christian Coalition, Inc. filed a lawsuit against the IRS. However, instead of pursuing legal action, Pat Robertson renamed the Christian Coalition of Texas, Inc. as the Christian Coalition of America, Inc., and transferred the trademark and all operations to the Texas-based corporation, which already enjoyed tax exempt status.

f. Influence Public Policy: Under the leadership of Reed and Robertson, the Coalition quickly became the most prominent voice in the conservative Christian movement, its influence culminating with an effort to support the election of a conservative Christian to the presidency in 1996.

In 1998, an advocacy group for religious freedom Americans United urged the IRS to review the Coalition’s partisan political activities over the decade in which its tax-exempt status was pending. The following year, the IRS revoked the Coalition’s provisional tax-exemption, in view of the Coalition's distribution of "voter guides" which had a partisan bias. The revocation cost the Coalition up to $300,000 in back taxes and penalties. Following this, the Coalition reorganized as the Christian Coalition of America, as an effort to regain its tax-exempt status.[4][7] Churches that once embraced the Christian Coalition have disassociated themselves for fear of losing their own tax-exempt status.[7] After its tax-exempt status was denied, CCA was able to turn all of its attention to politics. In 2000 the coalition moved from its long-standing base of operations in the Chesapeake Bay area to an office on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.