ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times

DATE: Thursday, April 24, 1997               TAG: 9704240073
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL   PAGE: A-1  EDITION: METRO 

QUITTING THE COALITION|

LENGTH: Short :   17 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  ASSOCIATED PRESS. RALPH REED, who helped build the 
          Christian Coalition into a major force in Republican politics, said 
          Wednesday he will leave the conservative organization in September. 
          Story on A12. color.