Adelle M. Banks, Author at Religion News Service https://religionnews.com Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:55:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Adelle M. Banks, Author at Religion News Service https://religionnews.com 32 32 National Baptists choose Connecticut pastor Boise Kimber as next president https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/national-baptists-choose-connecticut-pastor-boise-kimber-as-next-president/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/national-baptists-choose-connecticut-pastor-boise-kimber-as-next-president/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 18:18:50 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165165 (RNS) — Disqualified challengers hoped sufficient ‘no’ votes would cause the election process to restart.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/national-baptists-choose-connecticut-pastor-boise-kimber-as-next-president/feed/ 0 National Baptists hear their outgoing president and Ketanji Brown Jackson as meeting ends https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/national-baptists-hear-their-outgoing-president-and-ketanji-brown-jackson-as-meeting-ends/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/national-baptists-hear-their-outgoing-president-and-ketanji-brown-jackson-as-meeting-ends/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 22:52:53 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165108 (RNS) — Jackson described how faith, especially instilled by her now late grandmother, had undergirded her personal and professional life.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/national-baptists-hear-their-outgoing-president-and-ketanji-brown-jackson-as-meeting-ends/feed/ 0 National Baptists hold annual meeting as leadership questions continue https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/national-baptists-hold-annual-meeting-as-leadership-questions-continue/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/national-baptists-hold-annual-meeting-as-leadership-questions-continue/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 21:41:29 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164639 BALTIMORE (RNS) — The Rev. Jerry Young, pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi, has been president for two five-year terms and cannot run for a consecutive third term.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/national-baptists-hold-annual-meeting-as-leadership-questions-continue/feed/ 0 The Black church has moved from essential to voluntary, says author Jason Shelton https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/the-black-church-has-moved-from-essential-to-voluntary-says-author-jason-shelton/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/the-black-church-has-moved-from-essential-to-voluntary-says-author-jason-shelton/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:14:22 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164204 (RNS) — ‘Is the Black church dead? I think it really varies depending on which traditions we’re talking about,’ said Shelton, a sociologist at the University of Texas at Arlington.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/the-black-church-has-moved-from-essential-to-voluntary-says-author-jason-shelton/feed/ 0 AME Church delegates name six new bishops while retaining same-sex marriage ban https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/ame-church-picks-six-new-bishops-retains-same-sex-marriage-ban-mulls-retirement-funds/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/ame-church-picks-six-new-bishops-retains-same-sex-marriage-ban-mulls-retirement-funds/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 22:40:46 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164023 (RNS) — In a joint address, AME bishops called for the creation of ‘accountability measures for every elected and appointed leader within our church.’

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/ame-church-picks-six-new-bishops-retains-same-sex-marriage-ban-mulls-retirement-funds/feed/ 0 AME Church announces retirement settlement agreement during General Conference https://religionnews.com/2024/08/26/ame-church-announces-retirement-settlement-agreement-during-general-conference/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/26/ame-church-announces-retirement-settlement-agreement-during-general-conference/#respond Mon, 26 Aug 2024 23:07:46 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163712 (RNS) — ‘Church employees who served their community for years deserve the retirement funds they were promised,’ responded a lawyer involved in the litigation.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/26/ame-church-announces-retirement-settlement-agreement-during-general-conference/feed/ 0 As AME Church meets for General Conference, retirement plan questions continue https://religionnews.com/2024/08/22/as-ame-church-meets-for-general-conference-retirement-plan-questions-continue/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/22/as-ame-church-meets-for-general-conference-retirement-plan-questions-continue/#respond Thu, 22 Aug 2024 21:55:21 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163215 (RNS) — Some 2,900 people have joined an ‘AMEs for Reform’ Facebook group and others have issued open letters as part of ‘AMEs for Justice and Accountability.’

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/22/as-ame-church-meets-for-general-conference-retirement-plan-questions-continue/feed/ 0 Black Baptist organization gets $1 million megachurch donation to aid African girls https://religionnews.com/2024/08/15/black-baptist-organization-gets-1-million-megachurch-donation-to-aid-african-girls/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/15/black-baptist-organization-gets-1-million-megachurch-donation-to-aid-african-girls/#respond Thu, 15 Aug 2024 21:33:13 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4162273 (RNS) — The money will be used to support the Ghana Baptist Convention to rescue young girls whose families have sold them into the long-established system of Trokosi.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/15/black-baptist-organization-gets-1-million-megachurch-donation-to-aid-african-girls/feed/ 0 Progressive National Baptist Convention leaders hail Harris, pan Trump, urge voting https://religionnews.com/2024/08/08/progressive-national-baptist-convention-leaders-hail-harris-pan-trump-urge-voting/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/08/progressive-national-baptist-convention-leaders-hail-harris-pan-trump-urge-voting/#respond Thu, 08 Aug 2024 21:04:41 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4161372 (RNS) — Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and the pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, voiced criticism of Trump during a session of the PNBC meeting.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/08/progressive-national-baptist-convention-leaders-hail-harris-pan-trump-urge-voting/feed/ 0 Pastors’ first ladies, other Black church leaders organize support for Harris https://religionnews.com/2024/08/07/first-ladies-other-black-church-leaders-organize-new-level-of-engagement-for-harris/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/07/first-ladies-other-black-church-leaders-organize-new-level-of-engagement-for-harris/#respond Wed, 07 Aug 2024 22:10:13 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4161182 (RNS) — In two calls, both sponsored by the Black Church PAC, the primary goal was to secure votes for Harris.

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