Clergy & Congregations
National Baptists choose Connecticut pastor Boise Kimber as next president
By Adelle M. Banks — September 6, 2024
(RNS) — Disqualified challengers hoped sufficient ‘no’ votes would cause the election process to restart.
Black church brought religion to politics in the ‘60s, but different to white Christian nationalism today
By Tobin Miller Shearer — September 6, 2024
National Baptists hear their outgoing president and Ketanji Brown Jackson as meeting ends
By Adelle M. Banks — September 5, 2024
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National Baptists hold annual meeting as leadership questions continue
By Adelle M. Banks — September 3, 2024
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.
The Black church has moved from essential to voluntary, says author Jason Shelton
By Adelle M. Banks — September 3, 2024
(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.
AME Church delegates name six new bishops while retaining same-sex marriage ban
By Adelle M. Banks — August 28, 2024
(RNS) — In a joint address, AME bishops called for the creation of ‘accountability measures for every elected and appointed leader within our church.’
In the face of Palestinian suffering, interfaith groups offer a protective presence
By Yonat Shimron — August 27, 2024
(RNS) — An interfaith delegation to Israel aims to provide support and accompaniment to Palestinians facing home demolitions, dislocation and violence from West Bank settlers.
AME Church announces retirement settlement agreement during General Conference
By Adelle M. Banks — August 26, 2024
(RNS) — ‘Church employees who served their community for years deserve the retirement funds they were promised,’ responded a lawyer involved in the litigation.
Italian teenager Carlo Acutis’ upcoming canonization reflects the Vatican’s desire to appeal to a new generation of Catholics
By Michael A. Di Giovine — August 23, 2024
(The Conversation) — Italian priest Padre Pio was one of the world’s most prayed-to saints in recent times. As Pio’s generation ages, the Catholic Church is turning to Carlo Acutis to appeal to a new demographic.
As AME Church meets for General Conference, retirement plan questions continue
By Adelle M. Banks — August 22, 2024
(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.’
Faith leaders meet at White House for climate goals
By Chloë-Arizona Fodor — August 14, 2024
(RNS) — One of the meeting's top priorities was to explain how faith communities can better use federal funds for clean energy initiatives.
Latino evangelicals push for immigration reform ahead of election
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — August 12, 2024
(RNS) — With rising political power, Latino voters will make their voices heard on immigration, but Latinos, including evangelicals, are far from a unified bloc.
In North Carolina, nearly 1,200 Southern Baptist churches participate in week of service
By Yonat Shimron — August 9, 2024
RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Summers are often a time when congregations send out people to far off missions work. The state’s Southern Baptists envisioned something closer to home.
Pastors’ first ladies, other Black church leaders organize support for Harris
By Adelle M. Banks — August 7, 2024
(RNS) — In two calls, both sponsored by the Black Church PAC, the primary goal was to secure votes for Harris.
Pope Francis’ main adviser on clergy abuse, Cardinal Seán O’Malley, retires as archbishop of Boston
By Patrick Whittle, Nick Perry, and Holly Ramer — August 7, 2024
BOSTON (AP) — Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal Seán O’Malley as archbishop of Boston on Monday and named the bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, Richard Henning, to replace him as leader of one of the most important Catholic archdioceses in the United States.
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