15 Facts About Richard Land

Richard D Land was born on 1946 and was the president of Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina, a post he held from July 2013 until his retirement in 2021.

Richard Land announced his intention to retire effective October 23,2013, and Russell D Moore filled the post.

Richard Land is the executive editor of The Christian Post.

Richard Land ended his term on the commission in 2011, after almost a decade of service.

Bush appointed Richard Land to serve on the Honorary Delegation to accompany him to Jerusalem for the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel in May 2008.

Richard Land has been appointed to a Board of Reference for the establishment of the Judge Paul Pressler School of Law in Shreveport, Louisiana.

In 2005, Richard Land was recognized as one of the "25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America" by Time magazine.

In November 2009, Richard Land signed an ecumenical statement known as the Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience, a statement opposing abortion and same-sex marriage.

Richard Land said while using Islamic law in US courts was unconstitutional, Muslims had the right to abide by Islamic rules, so long as they weren't imposed on the government.

Richard Land concluded that Muslims had the right to have a mosque near where they live, the right to use Islamic customs in their marriages, and the right to choose to veil.

At a November 19,2012 American Enterprise Institute event on immigration reform, Richard Land stated that he was "ashamed" of the Republican Party in the 2012 presidential election.

Richard Land's comments were criticized by several black Southern Baptist pastors, who felt they reversed a long effort by the SBC to distance itself from a past history of racism.

Richard Land refused to back down, saying that he would not "bow to the false god of political correctness".

Weaver discovered that Richard Land had lifted material in previous broadcasts from other sources as well and passed them off as his own words.

Richard Land was quick to praise the 2012 election of Fred Luter as the first African-American to preside over the Southern Baptist Convention.