Posted: 6/16/04
Land wants Southern Baptists to 'vote values'
By Randy Cowling
Kansas-Nebraska Digest
INDIANAPOLIS—In a year when citizens have the opportunity to choose their president and many other public officials, more than one-third of Southern Baptists are not registered to vote, said Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
Land, who recently completed 15 years with the ERLC, called on Southern Baptists to register and to vote their values.
"We believe it is absolutely essential that Christians be involved in the public policy process," Land said. "We face issues of titanic importance. This is a life-changing election cycle in the United States.
"Voting is an act of stewardship. We can reclaim America for the Lord Jesus Christ."
The ERLC has launched the iVote Values initiative to help Christians examine critical issues.
The campaign features an 18-wheel tractor-trailer that will travel across the country. The 67-foot-long "iVote rig" is loaded with digital capabilities, interactive games, online voter registration, multi-media screens and non-partisan voter information.
The tractor-trailer will travel to key American cities to promote voter awareness. The ERLC has joined forces with the Family Research Council and Focus on the Family for three simulcast events, the first of which will be from Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tenn.
Land encouraged Southern Baptists visit www.iVoteValues.com to get more information about the initiative.
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