The Landover Baptist Church - Definition and Overview

The Landover Baptist Church is a web site which serves as the home of a fictional church of the same name. Landover Baptist is a parody of fundamentalist Christianity and the religious right in the United States of America, as evidenced by its own Terms of Service (http://www.landoverbaptist.org/tos.html), which every parody website is required to have.

The site proclaims, for example, that the King James Bible as written is the literal word of God; that holding different religious beliefs than those shared by Landover Baptist are grounds for being damned to Hell; and that George W. Bush was appointed directly by God to the office of President of the United States of America to do battle with heathens and other un-American individuals. The site prominently features articles by Betty Bowers, "America's Best Christian".

On the satirical Whitehouse.org site, the Landover Baptist Church is listed as heading the "United States Department of Faith". The satirical OBJECTIVE: Christian Ministries site runs a mock campaign to shut down the Landover Baptist site.

As of January 2005, the Landover Baptist Church web site was the third result returned for a Google search on "Baptist".

External links

• Landover Baptist Church (http://www.landoverbaptist.org/) ("The Landover Baptist Church website is not intended to be viewed by minors or anyone under the age of 18.")
• BettyBowers.com (http://www.bettybowers.com/)
• Whitehouse.org (http://www.whitehouse.org/) Parody site from the same writers.
• Chris Harper in his Pastor Deacon Fred character at a "Godless March on Washington" rally. (http://www.nobeliefs.com/GAMOW/GAMOW37.htm)