Evangelical leaders, including many Southern Baptists, were unaware that the Jan. 19 Inaugural Prayer Luncheon for Unity and Renewal was sponsored by Sun Myung Moon, founder of The Washington Times and the Unification Church.
The prayer luncheon, held in Washington, featured more than 1,400 of the nation’s leading ministers, civic and political leaders. A delegation of Southern Baptist leaders was in attendance, including SBC President James Merritt, Executive Committee President and Chief Executive Officer Morris H. Chapman and Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission President Richard Land.
Other Southern Baptists in attendance were Paul Pressler of Houston, Houston pastor Ed Young of Second Baptist Church and Prestonwood Baptist Church pastor Jack Graham from the Dallas area.
The luncheon included an address from Moon. (BP)
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