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Jim Daly (born July 22, 1961) is president of Focus on the Family, an international Christian communications ministry based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He succeeded founder James Dobson in 2005. Daly is also the main host of the Focus on the Family radio program.〔 == Early life, influence, education and career == Daly grew up in Southern California. He was abandoned by his alcoholic father at age 5, and orphaned by his mother’s death from cancer when he was 9. He was then placed in a foster home until he moved in with his older brothers, and then with his father, who eventually turned back to alcohol and died. By the time Daly was a senior in high school he was living on his own.〔Finding Home by Jim Daly with Bob DeMoss 2007, Cook Communications〕 Daly experienced a Christian conversion at age 15 while attending a camp run by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He went on to study at California State University, San Bernardino, and eventually earned his MBA from Regis University.〔Electa Draper, "Denver Post", June 13, 2009, "(Source 5 )", July 29, 2011〕 Daly worked in the paper industry until he was recruited to join Focus on the Family at one-third of his six-figure private sector pay.〔 He has served at Focus for 16 years in a variety of positions including as assistant to the president for Public Affairs, Vice President of the International Division, and a Group Vice President under former U.S. Secretary of Energy and Secretary of the Interior, Donald P. Hodel (then Focus President), before ascending to the presidency. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Daly (evangelist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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