Adelle M Banks
Adelle M. Banks, production editor and a national reporter, joined RNS in 1995. An award-winning journalist, she previously was the religion reporter at the Orlando Sentinel and a reporter at The Providence Journal and newspapers in the upstate New York communities of Syracuse and Binghamton.
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AME Church Clergy, Staff Await Possible Return of Some Lost Retirement Funds
A judge has scheduled a June 26 hearing, at which final approval of partial settlements will be considered.
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More Than a Massacre: How an Outsider Captured Mother Emanuel’s Legacy
Kevin Sack had spent decades covering Black churches for The New York Times, so when he heard about a shooting at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, he knew this was no random act of violence.
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What Church Do You Attend? Maybe More Than One, Survey Finds
Overall, besides worship services, participation in other religious activities and programs has increased or remained the same in the last five years.
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5 Years After George Floyd’s Murder, Church Leaders Say Race Relations Face Retrenchment
Across denominations and races, clergy are noticing the emphasis shifting away from race relations that occurred in the wake of George Floyd’s death. They’ve seen temporary improvements and then retrenchment but say efforts nevertheless continue to foster understanding and bridge divides.
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‘It’s Not a Theocracy,’ Says Leader on White House, Faith Partnerships Over the Years
The White House faith-based office "put in the consciousness of the federal government how important faith-based and secular organizations are in what they do for society," Stanley Carlson-Thies said.
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Abyssinian Baptist Church Welcomes Dismissal of Pastor Candidate’s Discrimination Suit
A federal judge has dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit brought against Abyssinian Baptist Church by a onetime candidate to be the historic Harlem church’s senior pastor.
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USCIRF Report Highlights Little Progress in Religious Liberty Struggles Globally
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has issued its annual list of countries it considers to be the most egregious violators of religious liberty and urged the new Trump administration to appoint a new ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom.
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Bishop George Edward Battle Jr., Long-Serving AME Zion Church Leader, Dies at 77
Bishop George Edward Battle Jr., an advocate for education and health and the former senior bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, died on Sunday (March 9) in Charlotte, North Carolina, after an undisclosed illness. He was 77.
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