Adelle M. Banks

• SBC Executive Committee Rejects Request for System-Wide Abuse Inquiry
  Amid the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting, the denomination's Executive Committee has rejected a request to broaden an inquiry into its handling of sexual abuse allegations to include...
  Tuesday, June 15, 2021
• At Least Three Critical Race Theory Statements Proposed for Southern Baptist Meeting
  On Wednesday, two Southern Baptist pastors, Tom Ascol of Florida and Tom Buck of Texas, called on delegates to rescind Resolution 9.  Passed in 2019, Resolution 9 allows for Critical Race...
  Monday, June 14, 2021
• Anne Graham Lotz: 'I Just Have to Follow the Lord and What He's Called Me to Do'
  In an interview with Religion News Service, Bible teacher Anne Graham Lotz shared that she would "never come out against women being ordained," though she does not believe that she has been called...
  Thursday, June 10, 2021
• Wilberforce University, AME Church School, Cancels Debt for 2020, 2021 Grads
  During Wilberforce University's commencement ceremony over the weekend, the school's president, Elfred Anthony Pinkard, announced that all student debt for 2020-2021 graduates had been forgiven.
  Wednesday, June 2, 2021
• Is it Safe to Sing at Church Yet? Depends on Who You Ask.
  The CDC recently announced that fully vaccinated people could generally resume pre-pandemic activities. But what does that mean for singing in church? The CDC’s guidance for “communities of faith”...
  Wednesday, May 26, 2021
• 100 Years Later, Black Church Leaders Seek Reparations for Tulsa Massacre
  As Tulsa pauses to mark the 100 year anniversary of the racially motivated Tulsa Massacre, Rev. Robert R.A. Turner and other Black people of faith are saying that the time has come to repay as well...
  Thursday, May 20, 2021
• Volcanic Eruption in Caribbean Prompts Baptist Church Meals, Relief Agency Supplies
  Rev. Cecil Richards and his Kingstown Baptist Church are working together to provide aid to the people of St. Vincent after a volcanic eruption forced citizens to evacuate their homes.
  Thursday, April 15, 2021
• Biden Says Seminary COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Is Example of 'America at its Finest'
  After visiting a Virginia seminary chapel that is being used as a COVID-19 vaccination clinic, President Biden hailed the effort as "an example of America at its finest".
  Thursday, April 8, 2021
• Tony Evans: On Male Leadership, Grieving His Wife and Correcting Kirk Franklin
  In an interview with Religion News Service, Pastor Tony Evans opened up about the death of his wife, Lois, less than two years ago, possible succession plans and how he advised gospel artist Kirk...
  Wednesday, April 7, 2021
• Gospel Performer Kirk Franklin Apologizes after Son Releases Obscenity-Laced Audio
  Gospel entertainer Kirk Franklin has posted an online apology after one of his sons released a recording of an obscenity-laced and physically threatening argument he claimed was with Franklin.
  Tuesday, March 16, 2021
• Southern Baptist Pastor, Former Abuser Resigns after Church Ousted from Denomination
  A Tennessee pastor who confessed to statutory rape 20 years ago has resigned after his church was recently removed from the Southern Baptist Convention for hiring him.
  Tuesday, March 16, 2021
• Evangelical Leaders Seek to 'Take the High Road,' Stress Agreement as Election Looms
  Ahead of the November Presidential election, leaders of the National Association of Evangelicals signed a statement published in the Washington Post, urging evangleicals to "engage with humility,...
  Wednesday, October 7, 2020
• Churches Report Giving Boost Months after Pandemic Started
  Months into the coronavirus pandemic, it looks like church giving is on the rise.
  Wednesday, September 16, 2020
• Salvation Army Starts Red Kettle Program Early amid 'Tsunami of Human Need'
  Due to increased need amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Salvation Army has begun their red kettle donation collections two months earlier than normal.
  Tuesday, September 15, 2020
• New York Church to Devote $200,000 to 'Reparations'
  A New York City church is setting $200,000 aside to pay reparations to the Black community and to pay for youth anti-racism training.
  Tuesday, August 4, 2020
• Suit Alleges Southern Baptist Church's Negligence Led to Abuse of Teen
  Parents have filed a lawsuit again a Southern Baptist church after leaders failed to protect their child from sexual abuse.
  Thursday, July 16, 2020
• Without Annual Meeting, Amid Decline, Southern Baptists Continue Debate on Race, Women’s Roles
  The annual Southern Baptist Convention meeting, scheduled for June in Florida, was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. But issues its members have long grappled with — including race and the...
  Friday, June 5, 2020
• Black Church, Civil Rights Leaders Urge Churchgoers to Continue to 'Tele-Worship'
  As state governors begin to lift stay at home orders, top officials of seven black Christian denominations have joined civil rights leaders in urging congregants to stay home until it is safe.
  Monday, April 27, 2020