SBC Leader Promotes Demonization of Muslims

A Southern Baptist leader credited with rejecting the demonization of Islam has a track record of promoting and offering derogatory statements about Muslims. Although Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty...

SBC Leader Misstates Environmental Impact of Oil Wells

While promoting more domestic drilling for oil, Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, has repeatedly offered false claims about the environmental devastation of oil wells in the aftermath of...

Missouri Baptist Editor Supports Confederate Flag

The editor of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s in-house publication, “The Pathway,” has strongly defended the controversial Confederate battle flag and aggressively attacked those who challenge it. In his book Embattled Banner: A Reasonable Defense...

SBC Leader Has Penchant for Name Calling

A prominent Southern Baptist leader often engages in personal insults and character assassination in sermons, interviews and radio programs instead of merely explaining his disagreement on the issues, according to an analysis of his comments by EthicsDaily.com....

Organizers Defend Environmental Statement

Organizers of the Southern Baptist Environment and Climate Initiative defended their statement released Monday urging Southern Baptists to take better care of the environment and fight climate change. The statement, “A Southern Baptist Declaration on the...