WASHINGTON — Southern Baptist entity head Richard Land and former Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) president Adrian Rogers have signed onto a letter asking President Bush to apply some strict guidelines to the “road map” for peace in the Middle East in order to avoid disaster.
Land and Rogers joined more than 20 other Christian and conservative leaders in telling the president they have “deep concerns” about the plan, which was first outlined by Bush last year and presented officially to Israel and the Palestinians in April.
Land is president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. Rogers, three-time SBC president, is pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in suburban Memphis, Tenn.
The “road map” calls for a Palestinian state with temporary borders this year and a permanent state in 2005. It requires of the Palestinians an immediate cessation of violence against Israel, the dismantling of terrorist organizations and the recognition of Israel’s right to exist in peace.
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