Christian Coalition Toils To Stay Afloat As Money Shrinks [View All]

Once-powerful group has slashed staff and relocated out of D.C.

Associated Press


The once-influential Christian Coalition has struggled to raise money and pay its bills, shrunken its mission and moved from Washington to Charleston.

But the group's executive director says it will survive.

The group has moved its headquarters to Charleston, where national executive director Roberta Combs spends most of her time.

The group had as many as 25 paid full-time staffers at its headquarters in Washington in its heyday in 1994 but now has 10 full-time staff there.

"The coalition as we knew it doesn't exist," says Lois Eargle, former chairwoman of the Horry County (S.C.) Christian Coalition.

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