Robert Grant (Christian Leader)

Robert G. Grant (born 1936) is an American political activist, and the former leader of several Christian right groups in the United States. He served as the chairman of Christian Voice, "the nation’s oldest conservative Christian lobby", and the American Freedom Coalition.

Grant earned a B.A. in History from Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois; Bachelor of Divinity and Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California; and Doctor of Philosophy from the California Graduate School of Theology. He was also awarded a diploma from the St. Paul Bible College in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Grant involved national conservative leaders in his movement, including Gary Jarmin, Howard Phillips, Terry Dolan, and Richard Viguerie. Christian Voice-backed candidates included Ronald Reagan, Steve Symms, Dan Quayle, and John East defeated incumbents in the 1978 and 1980 elections.

After Phillips, Dolan, and Viguerie left several years later, they and Jerry Falwell formed a new Christian right organization, the Moral Majority. Grant's group campaigned for the election of President Ronald Reagan in the 1980 presidential election. Similar groups subsequently founded included Concerned Women for America, American Coalition for Traditional Values, and the Christian Coalition. He was the founding president of the American Freedom Coalition with Ralph David Abernathy. He is currently on the board of governors of the Council for National Policy.

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