Press Releases
SBC’s Richard Land addresses importance of religious freedom in American foreign policy
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 28, 2011— Religious freedom around the world is in decline. In response, Open Doors USA is working to promote the Presidential Pledge for Religious Freedom, an effort urging America’s leaders to include religious freedom as a part of foreign policy matters. more »
Nov 28, 2011
Land Comments on Bloomberg’s Decision to Exclude Faith Leaders from Sept 11
In a recent interview Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, took issue with New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s decision not to include chaplains and religious leaders at the 10th anniversary of 9/11 commemoration service, despite his acclaimed support of religious freedom and tolerance: more »
Aug 31, 2011
Dr. Richard Land Comments on Recommendation to Force Coverage of Abortion Drugs in Obamacare
Jul 21, 2011
Newspaper Gets Land’s Comments on Gov. Perry Wrong
Jul 18, 2011
Faith Leaders Call for Major League Baseball Player’s Union to take Tobacco out of the Ballgame
Jun 3, 2011
Richard Land
Princeton (A.B., magna cum laude) and Oxford (D.Phil.) educated, Dr. Richard Land has served as president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission since 1988. During his tenure as representative for the largest Protestant denomination in the country, Dr. Land has represented Southern Baptist and other Evangelicals’ concerns in the halls of Congress, before U.S. Presidents, and in the media.
In 2005, Dr. Land was featured in Time Magazine as one of The Twenty-five Most Influential Evangelicals in America. more »
Endorsements
“Richard Land has the academic learning, the public vision, the doctrinal fidelity, and high courage to stir Southern Baptists to eager involvement in Christian social ethics.
Dr. Carl F. H. Henry, Evangelical Theologian and founder of Christianity Today
“Richard Land is a gifted leader who well understands the cultural crisis of our age and eloquently addresses the solution.”
Charles Colson, Founder, Prison Fellowship Ministries
