Adelle M. Banks, Author at Religion News Service https://religionnews.com Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Mon, 01 Jul 2024 18:45:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Adelle M. Banks, Author at Religion News Service https://religionnews.com 32 32 Episcopal presiding bishop-elect plans simpler installation, citing ‘carbon footprint’ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/01/episcopal-presiding-bishop-elect-plans-simpler-installation-citing-carbon-footprint/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/01/episcopal-presiding-bishop-elect-plans-simpler-installation-citing-carbon-footprint/#respond Mon, 01 Jul 2024 18:08:56 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4155732 (RNS) — ‘With a simple service at the Church Center that will include everyone via livestream, we can care for God’s creation by reducing our collective carbon footprint,’ Bishop Sean Rowe said in an announcement.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/01/episcopal-presiding-bishop-elect-plans-simpler-installation-citing-carbon-footprint/feed/ 0 Mother Mary P. Patterson, preserver of Church of God in Christ history, dies at 83 https://religionnews.com/2024/06/28/mother-mary-p-patterson-preserver-of-church-of-god-in-christ-history-dies-at-83/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/28/mother-mary-p-patterson-preserver-of-church-of-god-in-christ-history-dies-at-83/#respond Fri, 28 Jun 2024 21:44:37 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4155561 (RNS) — Patterson’s denomination called her ‘a tireless crusader for preserving the Church Of God In Christ Heritage and that of Pentecostal-Holiness around the world.’

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/28/mother-mary-p-patterson-preserver-of-church-of-god-in-christ-history-dies-at-83/feed/ 0 Sean Rowe, leader of Episcopalians in Penn., NY, elected next presiding bishop https://religionnews.com/2024/06/26/sean-rowe-leader-of-episcopalians-in-penn-n-y-elected-next-presiding-bishop/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/26/sean-rowe-leader-of-episcopalians-in-penn-n-y-elected-next-presiding-bishop/#respond Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:40:31 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4155184 (RNS) — Rowe, who will be the 28th presiding bishop, has been bishop of the Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania since 2007 and bishop provisional of Western New York since 2019.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/26/sean-rowe-leader-of-episcopalians-in-penn-n-y-elected-next-presiding-bishop/feed/ 0 Richard Smallwood, ‘Total Praise’ composer, to receive Juneteeth tribute in D.C. https://religionnews.com/2024/06/18/richard-smallwood-total-praise-composer-to-receive-juneteeth-tribute-in-d-c/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/18/richard-smallwood-total-praise-composer-to-receive-juneteeth-tribute-in-d-c/#respond Tue, 18 Jun 2024 20:02:29 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4153967 (RNS) — ‘It’s music that has brought us over through slavery, through all kinds of hard trials and tribulations,’ said singer/songwriter Richard Smallwood.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/18/richard-smallwood-total-praise-composer-to-receive-juneteeth-tribute-in-d-c/feed/ 0 Southern Baptists don’t get votes to add ‘only men’ pastors language to constitution https://religionnews.com/2024/06/12/southern-baptists-dont-get-votes-to-add-only-men-pastors-language-to-constitution/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/12/southern-baptists-dont-get-votes-to-add-only-men-pastors-language-to-constitution/#respond Wed, 12 Jun 2024 18:03:21 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4153064 INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) — It is rare for Southern Baptists to not affirm a measure with a second consecutive vote.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/12/southern-baptists-dont-get-votes-to-add-only-men-pastors-language-to-constitution/feed/ 0 Mike Pence speaks about politics, prayer to Southern Baptists at Indy event https://religionnews.com/2024/06/11/mike-pence-speaks-about-politics-prayer-to-southern-baptists-at-indy-event/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/11/mike-pence-speaks-about-politics-prayer-to-southern-baptists-at-indy-event/#respond Tue, 11 Jun 2024 21:31:59 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4152825 INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) — ‘I honestly think we haven't come to the end of the debate over life: We've come to the end of the beginning,’ Pence said.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/11/mike-pence-speaks-about-politics-prayer-to-southern-baptists-at-indy-event/feed/ 0 Southern Baptist President Bart Barber draws crowd near Indy before annual meeting https://religionnews.com/2024/06/10/southern-baptist-president-bart-barber-draws-crowd-near-indy-before-annual-meeting/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/10/southern-baptist-president-bart-barber-draws-crowd-near-indy-before-annual-meeting/#respond Mon, 10 Jun 2024 18:32:34 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4152470 GREENFIELD, Indiana (RNS) — At Calvary Baptist Church in Greenfield, Indiana, about 200 people gathered to hear him preach after seeing a new member get baptized.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/10/southern-baptist-president-bart-barber-draws-crowd-near-indy-before-annual-meeting/feed/ 0 Tony Evans says he is ‘stepping away’ from leading Dallas megachurch due to ‘sin’ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/10/tony-evans-says-he-is-stepping-away-from-leading-dallas-megachurch-due-to-sin/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/10/tony-evans-says-he-is-stepping-away-from-leading-dallas-megachurch-due-to-sin/#respond Mon, 10 Jun 2024 17:02:24 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4152546 (RNS) — ‘I am stepping away from my pastoral duties and am submitting to a healing and restoration process established by the elders,’ Evans said in a statement.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/10/tony-evans-says-he-is-stepping-away-from-leading-dallas-megachurch-due-to-sin/feed/ 0 Southern Baptists mull second vote to amend constitution to exclude women pastors https://religionnews.com/2024/06/07/southern-baptists-mull-second-vote-to-amend-constitution-to-exclude-women-pastors/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/07/southern-baptists-mull-second-vote-to-amend-constitution-to-exclude-women-pastors/#respond Fri, 07 Jun 2024 18:43:34 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4152173 (RNS) — Three of the six candidates expected to be nominated for the SBC presidency favor the so-called ‘Law Amendment,’ and three do not.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/07/southern-baptists-mull-second-vote-to-amend-constitution-to-exclude-women-pastors/feed/ 0 New commission of religiously affiliated higher education aims to spark collaboration https://religionnews.com/2024/06/03/new-commission-of-religiously-affiliated-higher-education-aims-to-spark-collaboration/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/03/new-commission-of-religiously-affiliated-higher-education-aims-to-spark-collaboration/#respond Mon, 03 Jun 2024 22:53:19 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4151498 (RNS) — The Commission on Faith-based Colleges and Universities, recently announced by the American Council of Education, is set to launch with its first meetings on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

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