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Focus on the Family

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1977 - present
Headquarters:
Colorado Springs

Focus on the Family, American Christian ministry devoted to promoting conservative political and religious principles through a variety of media outlets. Headquarters are in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The ministry seeks to “spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ through a practical outreach to homes” and aims to support Christian heterosexual marriages and families. Focus on the Family was founded as a radio program in 1977 in Arcadia, California, by the American evangelical Christian and psychologist James Dobson. The organization grew to include daily and weekly radio broadcasts and launched a print magazine (1983), Adventures in Odyssey children’s radio drama (1987), a ...(100 of 318 words)

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