Christian Freedom International

President Jim Jacobson

Mr. Jacobson has testified and conducted briefings before Congress, the White House and the State Department on behalf of Christians who are persecuted for their faith each year.

At the invitation of First Lady Laura Bush, Mr. Jacobson participated in The Dialogue on Burma, a roundtable discussion conducted during the September 2006 U.N. General Assembly that allowed activists and government officials to speak openly about the severe humanitarian crisis that has plagued Burma for decades.

Before founding CFI, Mr. Jacobson served as a policy analyst in the Reagan White House, a political appointee in the George Herbert Walker Bush administration, and was a senior legislative assistant in the U.S. Senate. He is also Vice-President and Co-Founder of the National Right to Read Foundation, an organization dedicated to phonics-based reading instruction in elementary schools throughout America.

The Jacobson family

Mr. Jacobson has also been a frequent guest on radio talk shows and has appeared on numerous television programs, including 60 Minutes, Fox News, and The 700 Club.

Mr. Jacobson is a graduate of the University of Michigan. He and his wife Karen have 12 children, 8 of whom have been adopted from Burma, and have been married for more than 20 years.

Contact Jim Jacobson: jjacobson@christianfreedom.org