In an article distributed by the Associated Press Dec. 3, reporter Gary Tanner depicted The Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission’s 2005 Christmas card with precise detail, but neglected to describe the message inside the card in his story. Tanner thoroughly conveyed the image of the card’s cover: a snowy scene with a …

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Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, will be a featured speaker at Princeton University’s three day conference, “The Conservative Movement: Its Past, Present and Future,” from Thursday, Dec. 1 through Saturday, Dec. 3. The conference is co-hosted by the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, a …

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Dr. Adrian Rogers, founder of Love Worth Finding Ministries and Pastor Emeritus of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tenn., passed away early today after a battle with cancer and pneumonia. Dr. Rogers served at Bellevue Baptist for 32 years. Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, spoke about …

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Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, will testify today in support of the Workplace Religious Freedom Act, H.R. 1445. He will deliver his testimony before the Employer-Employee Relations Subcommittee of the House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce. “As Southern Baptists, we believe God has …

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Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, will testify Thursday, Nov. 10, in support of the Workplace Religious Freedom Act, H.R. 1445. He will deliver his testimony before the Employer-Employee Relations Subcommittee of the House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce. Land will also participate in …

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After the recent nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court of the United States, Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, commented on the president’s decision. “The president has once again fulfilled his campaign promise to nominate to our nation’s federal judiciary strict constructionist, original intent …

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Upon Harriet Miers’ decision to withdraw as a nominee to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, commented on the nominee and the hearing process. “I am saddened that this good and decent public servant has decided to withdraw her nomination …

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“Rosa Parks’ moment of resistance against the policies of segregation in Montgomery, Ala., was the spark that lit the modern-day civil rights movement. Her December 1, 1955, arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a 381-day movement directed by Rev. …

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