The plans made sense. It seemed clear that the Coalition knew what it was doing. Major GOP presidential hopefuls Dan Quayle, Senator Phil Gramm, Dick Cheney and Lamar Alexander all made early campaign stops at the conference. The Coalition claims more than a million numbers, which is probably a mailing list figure. More importantly, the Coalition, since its founding in 1989, has built 1,100 local chapters in all 50 states.
Some chapters hold regular meetings with a couple hundred people.
Many of the chapters are headed by women, as are some of the Coalition's state branches. Each chapter includes members of multiple charismatic and Baptist churches, meaning that the outreach capability of the Coalition goes well beyond its own numerical strength which is phenomenal. In September, the Coalition sent voter registration packets to 250,000 churches. At the convention, members organized to distribute 30 million voter guides, in 300 local versions, which they successfully did in October. On one piece of paper, the Coalition makes a chart showing pictures of the Democratic and Republican candidates for Senate, Governor, and Congressional seats.