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(June 2009)The
Landover Baptist Church is a fictional
[1] Baptist church based in the fictional town of Freehold,
Iowa. The Landover Baptist
web site and its associated
Landoverbaptist.net Forum are a
parody of
fundamentalist Christianity and the
Religious Right in the
United States.


Landover Baptist: "Where the worthwhile worship. Unsaved unwelcome!"Contents [hide]
1 Origin2 Description3 Protests against the Site4 See also5 References6 External links[/list]OriginThe site was created by
Chris Harper,
[2] who obtained his Master's Degree in English Literature from
George Mason University in 1993 after being expelled from
Liberty University (founded by
Jerry Falwell) in 1989 for producing a satirical radio show which Liberty's administration found offensive.
[3] Harper frequently appears at
atheist conventions playing the character of "Pastor Deacon Fred Smith".
[4] The website is owned by a company called Americhrist, Ltd.DescriptionThe fictional Landover Baptist Church is a parody of
fundamentalist,
Independent Baptist churches and
Biblical literalism. The church is supposedly located on a 35-acre (140,000 m2) campus in Freehold. The fictitious church grants all authority to its Pastor Deacon Fred Smith, in accordance with its interpretation of
Romans 13.The church claims to have 28 paid
pastors, 412 full time staff members, 11 fully-equipped chapels, 7 sanctuaries, a 100,000 seat amphitheater, 12 television studios, 2 radio stations, an academy, a university, 2 gated communities, 27 developments, 3 office parks, as well as a shopping mall, amusement park, golf course, retirement community, foundation, fire and police department, circus camp, resort center, retreat center, and a number of fitness centers, swimming pools, hot springs, and cemeteries.