WASHINGTON, DC, December 6, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Pat Robertson, the President and Founder of the Christian Coalition and a 1988 candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States, has resigned from the Presidency and the Board of Directors of the Christian Coalition, the organization which he founded in 1989. Yesterday the Coalition’s Board of Directors accepted his resignation and elected Roberta Combs, who had been Executive Vice President, to succeed Robertson as President.
Robertson explained that he intended to focus his energies on spiritual matters. “We are seeing an outpouring of revival power in the United States that exceeds anything that I have known in my lifetime … With the few years left to me of active service, I must focus on those things that will bring forth the greatest spiritual benefit.” In a letter delivered to the Board of the Coalition he strongly encouraged continued work within the Coalition “to bring forward the pro-family, pro-life values that we all cherish.” Robertson said, “Without a doubt, this organization has played a pivotal role in the election of Christian conservatives to important public offices across our land and in mobilizing the evangelical churches and our pro-family Roman Catholic allies to bring our agenda to the forefront of American political thought. “Without us, I do not believe that George Bush would be sitting in The White House or that Republicans would be in control of the United States House of Representatives.”
Robertson’s energies will be re-focused on his responsibilities as Chairman and CEO of The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), founded in 1960 and producing programming seen in over 90 nations and heard in over 65 languages around the world. CBN’s broadcast of its flagship program, The 700 Club (hosted by Robertson) reaches an average of one million American viewers daily.