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Dobson Resigns As Focus on Family Chair

CBNNews.com - James Dobson has stepped down as chairman of Focus on the Family, the conservative group he founded more than 30 years ago as a voice on moral issues like abortion and marriage.

"One of the common errors of founder-presidents is to hold to the reins of leadership too long, thereby preventing the next generation from being prepared for executive authority," Dobson said in a statement. "Though letting go is difficult after three decades of intensive labor, it is the wise thing to do."

Focus on the Family spokesman Gary Schneeberger said Dobson "will continue to speak out as he always has" on moral and political issues, but that it will be as "a private citizen and not a representative of the organization he founded."

Dobson began the pro-family ministry in 1977. His daily radio broadcasts reach more than 1.5 million listeners daily and his books on child-rearing have influenced a generation of parents.