Rolling Stone once called him "the most influential evangelical you've never heard of." The Miami Herald has this story on his legacy. Despite a somewhat negative tone, it is worth a read.

A leader of the schism that created the conservative Presbyterian Church in America in 1973, Kennedy co-founded the Moral Majority, the Coalition on Revival and the Alliance Defense Fund, which files lawsuits in church-state issues.

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Kennedy once declared it his followers' ''job'' to ``reclaim America for Christ, whatever the cost. As the vice regents of God, we are to exercise Godly dominion and influence over our neighborhoods, our schools, our government, our literature and arts, our sports arenas, our entertainment media, our news media our scientific endeavors -- in short, over every aspect and institution of human society.''