COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — James Dobson, longtime president of Focus on the Family, has decided to expand his role as chairman of the conservative Christian group but pass on the presidency role to a successor. Don Hodel, the former president of the Christian Coalition and a Cabinet member in the Reagan administration, will begin serving as president and CEO May 15.
Dobson, who founded the ministry in 1977, will continue his role as host of the ministry’s radio program, also called “Focus on the Family.”
Hodel was the Christian Coalition’s president from 1997 to 1999 and was energy secretary and interior secretary during Ronald Reagan’s presidency. He has served on the ministry’s board of directors since 1995. In another transition in the organization, John Paulk, an outspoken member of the “ex-gay” movement, has announced he will leave the organization as of May 6. Since 1998, he has managed the ministry’s homosexuality and gender department and spoken from personal experience for the controversial Christian movement portraying homosexuality as a lifestyle that can be left behind.
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