Is it just the bad economy or "cash strapped" donors as the ministry claims -- or have people finally gotten fed up with Rev. James Dobson and his repeated attempts over the past year to ensure who he believed to be "God's candidate" -- i.e. anyone but Obama -- got elected? It's hard to say but Focus on the Family is eliminating 202 jobs and slashed $22 million from its budget for next year. It's also eliminating four of its eight print magazines and moving them to online content.
I'm not going to gloat on this one -- Colorado Springs is being hit hard by the recession with unemployment already at 6% before this bombshell.
But surely a ministry must understand that if it wishes for something it's bound to get it back in ways unanticipated. Remember during the summer when FOTF asked its members to pray for a downpour in Denver so Obama couldn't give his speech at Mile High? Instead, it was Galveston, over 900 miles to the southeast, that got inundated. The laid off employees have their bosses to blame -- stupid things said will lead to a decline in donations which usually remain robust even during difficult times.
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