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Focus on the Family (FOTF or FotF) is a fundamentalist Protestant [3] organization founded in 1977 in Southern California by James Dobson, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. [4] The group is one of a number of evangelical parachurch organizations that rose to prominence in the 1980s. As of the 2017 tax filing year, Focus on the Family ...
Jim Daly (born July 22, 1961) is the head of Focus on the Family, [1] an international Christian communications ministry based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He succeeded founder James Dobson in 2005. [1] Daly is the main host of the Focus on the Family radio program. [2]
Adventures in Odyssey (AIO), or simply Odyssey, is an Evangelical Christian radio drama and comedy series created and produced by Focus on the Family.Aimed at families with children age 12 and younger, the series first aired in 1987 as a 13-episode pilot called Family Portraits and has recorded 1000 episodes to date.
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The original 1987 four-cassette package containing all the episodes of Family Portraits, the test pilot series, was later phased out, and the 1st album release was re-released several times, first with simply a title change and the same tapes, and in 1992 with all references to the Officer Harley character and Odyssey USA removed.
Gil Alexander-Moegerle, a former Focus on the Family executive and radio show co-host, wrote the highly critical book James Dobson's War on America in 1997. In it, he says that Dobson's loving, caring public persona is a sham; the real Dobson is racist, sexist, homophobic, materialistic, power-hungry, and shameless.
John Paulk (born April 13, 1963) is an American activist who, from 1998 to 2003, was an advocate of the ex-gay movement and conversion therapy. [1] In April 2013, Paulk disavowed his belief in gay reparative therapy and issued a formal apology for his role as an advocate of the movement.
The radio series included a brand new cast, and Jason Whittaker, from Adventures in Odyssey in the first album. Both made by Focus on the Family, the two series were partially joined for this series. Three albums were created: The Last Chance Detectives: The Day Ambrosia Stood Still; The Last Chance Detectives: Mystery of the Lost Voices