Archive profile summary
Religious voter-mobilization organization founded by Ralph Reed in 2009 that built a modern state-and-national grassroots network around conservative evangelical political participation.
Why this entry is in the archive
Shows continuity in voter-mobilization infrastructure after the Christian Coalition era.
Mission and structure
Faith & Freedom Coalition describes itself as a national grassroots organization focused on mobilizing faith-based conservative voters and building state-level chapters and activist capacity.
Continuity
Reed’s leadership creates a personnel bridge to the Christian Coalition era, while the organization itself is a distinct later entity.
Evidence limits
Coalition membership or voter outreach does not establish control over churches, denominations or individual voters.
The archive treats the organization as a mobilization node, not as a proxy for all evangelical political behavior.
Timeline
- Tea Party-era organizations form
Tea Party Patriots and Faith & Freedom Coalition emerge, creating durable organizations out of movement-era grassroots energy and evangelical voter mobilization.
Relationship records
Ralph Reed → Faith & Freedom Coalition
Founder and chairman · 2009–present
Evidence status: documented