It is with both sorrow and gratitude that we share the news that Dr. James C. Dobson, one of the most influential Christian leaders of our time, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 21, at the age of 89.
Dr. Dobson’s unwavering faith and tireless devotion to the family shaped generations. It was his vision that helped launch Focus on the Family in 1977—one of the largest evangelical ministries in the world.
But Dr. Dobson’s legacy reaches even further. In 1983, he helped spark the creation of the Family Research Council, which has become one of the nation’s most respected voices for faith and family in public policy. In 2004, he also launched Focus on the Family Action, a cultural action arm that was later renamed CitizenLink and in 2016 became Family Policy Alliance. That same year, 2004, Florida Family Policy Council was incorporated and held its first board meeting—joining the growing national movement Dr. Dobson envisioned, where state-based Family Policy Councils would equip believers to advance biblical truth in their own communities.
Quite literally, the work we do today as Florida Family Voice exists because of Dr. Dobson’s vision to see families thrive and life cherished in every state.
We give thanks to God for Dr. Dobson’s life, his family, and for the generations of believers strengthened by his ministry. As we grieve this great loss, we also honor his legacy by carrying the mission forward: to preserve and advance the biblical walls of life, marriage, family, and religious liberty, and to remind the Church of its essential role in the public square.
Please join us in prayer for the Dobson family and for the ongoing work of the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute, Focus on the Family, Family Research Council, and Family Policy Alliance. And may we each recommit ourselves to the cause he so faithfully advanced.