Anti-Islam activist appointed to International Church Board for bible outreach program

RICHMOND, Va. - David Clippard, the former Missouri Baptist Convention executive who earned national headlines when he said Islam has a plan to "conquer and occupy" the United States, was hired Dec. 10 by the International Mission Board (IMB) to enlist churches to spread the gospel to non-Christians worldwide.

According to the IMB, Clippard will be managing director of the IMB's church services team, a group which enlists churches in evangelism to the world's 6,000 unreached people groups.

Clippard gained national attention in 2006 when he preached a sermon to the Missouri convention claiming the "real threat" to the United States is that "Islam has a strategic plan to conquer and occupy America.

"They are after our sons and daughters, our students," he said.

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