The Christian Front is a Conservative Christian

Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...

 political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in South Africa

South Africa

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. It is a breakaway from the Christian Democratic Party

Christian Democratic Party

Christian democratic parties are those political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social teaching, and it continues to be influential in Europe and...

, and has a seat in the Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

 Meropolitan Council, and in the Tshwane Meropolitan Council.

The leader of the CF is Rudy Du Plooy. Aside from operating as a political party, it also runs a Special Social

Social

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 Committee, which is mandated to look after the elderly and destitute.

External links

• Christian Front Official Site
• How religion is taking over politics. (2010, Jun 10). The Argus, pp. 19.