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Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, said the Bible marks a distinction between individual Christians, who should pray for and forgive their enemies, and the state, which has a different responsibility.

USA's pulpits address bin Laden death 2011

Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, said the Bible marks a distinction between individual Christians, who should pray for and forgive their enemies, and the state, which has a different responsibility.

USA's pulpits address bin Laden death 2011

"When Rudolph Giuliani was still a contender for the Republican nomination in 2008," Pally writes, "Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, pointed out that if abortion were taken 'off the table, other issues would get oxygen, issues where evangelicals are not nearly as certain that Republicans offer the best answer.'"

Tim Suttle: Is The GOP Losing Faith? Tim Suttle 2011

Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, agrees the funding cuts will drastically reduce the reach of the abstinence message.

As federal abstinence funds dry up, faith groups take the lead 2010

In spite of the Convention's frequent affirmations expressing its desire to see greater ethnic involvement and participation in SBC life, the Convention has not adopted a consistent means by which it can ascertain participation of ethnic churches and church leaders in Convention life, reads the report that led to the recommendation.

Southern Baptists push to overcome racist past 2011

"When Rudolph Giuliani was still a contender for the Republican nomination in 2008," Pally writes, "Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, pointed out that if abortion were taken 'off the table, other issues would get oxygen, issues where evangelicals are not nearly as certain that Republicans offer the best answer.'"

Tim Suttle: Is The GOP Losing Faith? Tim Suttle 2011

Last night, at the National Press Club here in Washington D.C., the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and Sojourners co-sponsored a conversation between me and Richard Land on what the religious and moral issues will and should be in the upcoming election year -- about one year out from voting day.

Jim Wallis: Join the Great Conversation Jim Wallis 2011

Last night, at the National Press Club here in Washington D.C., the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and Sojourners co-sponsored a conversation between me and Richard Land on what the religious and moral issues will and should be in the upcoming election year -- about one year out from voting day.

Jim Wallis: Join the Great Conversation Jim Wallis 2011

Last night, at the National Press Club here in Washington D.C., the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and Sojourners co-sponsored a conversation between me and Richard Land on what the religious and moral issues will and should be in the upcoming election year -- about one year out from voting day.

Jim Wallis: Join the Great Conversation Jim Wallis 2011

In spite of the Convention's frequent affirmations expressing its desire to see greater ethnic involvement and participation in SBC life, the Convention has not adopted a consistent means by which it can ascertain participation of ethnic churches and church leaders in Convention life, reads the report that led to the recommendation.

Southern Baptists push to overcome racist past 2011