Jackson was the founder and chairman of the High Impact Leadership Coalition, an organization of ministers who promote socially conservative causes, and was a co-founder of The Reconciled Church Initiative.
In an interview, Jackson stated that he had been "the black kid at Country Day who stayed in the houses of wealthy white people".
He was recruited to Beltsville, Maryland to become the pastor of Hope Christian Church,[2] a "multiethnic megachurch" that later grew to 3,500 people.
[2] Jackson began writing about the black family in the late 1990s, and he gained national recognition through his columns for Charisma magazine, in which he frequently wrote about abortion and gay marriage.
[1] In 2009, Jackson began leading the movement against legalizing same-sex marriage in Washington, D.C.[2] A group led by Jackson filed a lawsuit in the District of Columbia after the D.C. Board of Elections refused to allow a ballot initiative on the issue of same-sex marriage, claiming that such an initiative would violate D.C.'s Human Rights Act.
[4] Jackson was the founder and chairman of the High Impact Leadership Coalition, an organization composed of ministers who actively promote socially conservative causes.
[5][6] Jackson concurred with Pope Benedict XVI's belief that condom distribution increases the incidence of AIDS.
"[7] Jackson argued that some police departments ought to be defunded and encouraged conservatives not to minimize the deaths of black men in the custody of law enforcement.
[1] According to Christianity Today, "Jackson achieved his greatest influence in Donald Trump’s White House, frequently attending functions, praying publicly, and advocating for policies such as the First Step Act, a prison reform bill that was signed into law in 2018.
[1] Jackson authored The Warrior’s Heart: Rules of Engagement for the Spiritual War Zone (2004) and You Were Born for More: Six Steps to Breaking Through to Your Destiny (2013).
He also co-authored books with Family Research Council President Tony Perkins and pollster George Barna.