Press Releases from 2007

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—CNN.com reported Nov. 9 that Governor Mitt Romney made the following statements at a private event in South Carolina: “I get good support from evangelical Christian leadership around the country, you know, despite a difference in religion… I think it was Dr. Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention who said we’re not electing

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WASHINGTON—Dr. Richard Land, president of The Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, has been appointed to a fourth term on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky reappointed Land to a two-year term on the nine-person panel. The action was made official Oct. 22, when it

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NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Dr. Richard Land, president of The Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, will be featured as one of the key leaders in the pro-family movement at the Family Impact Summit Sept. 20–22, 2007, in Tampa Bay, Fla. Other conference speakers include Tony Perkins, Gary Bauer, Katherine Harris, Ken Blackwell, Don Wildmon, Dr.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, issued the following statement following the death of Dr. D. James Kennedy, prominent evangelical leader and founder of Coral Ridge Ministries: “All of Christendom should be saddened by the home-going of Dr. D. James Kennedy, one of the giants among

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NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, will partner with other faith, public health and youth leaders from Tennessee at a press conference on Tuesday, August 28, in Nashville to support legislation granting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory authority over tobacco products. The leaders

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NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, will be the keynote speaker for Union University’s summer graduation ceremony Aug. 3. About 260 students will receive degrees during the 6 p.m. ceremony at West Jackson Baptist Church, bringing the total number of Union graduates to nearly 900 for

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — “A true giant of the faith has gone on to his heavenly reward,” said Richard Land, president of The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. “Our grief at our loss of his witness, energy and giftedness for the kingdom is mitigated by the fact that he is now with his Savior for eternity.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn.,—Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, commented today on the passage of the hate crimes bill in the House of Representatives. “Today brought both good news and very bad news from our nation’s capital,” Land said. “The bad news is the House of Representatives voted 237-180

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