Adelle M. Banks
Gardner C. Taylor, dean of black preachers, dies at 96
Gardner C. Taylor, widely considered the dean of the nation’s black preachers and “the poet laureate of American Protestantism,” died April 5. He was 96.
...Black lesbian bishop Yvette Flunder is ‘using my energy to find peace’
c. 2015 Religion News Service
...From competition to compassion, a university president leads the way
c. 2015 Religion News Service
...Religious college presidents see challenges to their schools' religious freedom
c. 2015 Religion News Service
...Priced out of New York, American Bible Society decamps to Philadelphia
c. 2015 Religion News Service
(RNS) After almost two centuries in New York City, the nonprofit American Bible Society is moving its headquarters to Philadelphia.
...Religious and secular advocates urge IRS to clarify rules on political endorsements from the pulpit
c. 2015 Religion News Service
...Ralph Abernathy: Martin Luther King Jr.’s overlooked ‘civil rights twin’
c. 2015 Religion News Service
...Police chief to black churches: ‘We can’t do this without you guys’
c. 2015 Religion News Service
...Contemporary gospel music pioneer Andrae Crouch dead at 72
(RNS) Andrae Crouch, a Grammy-winning gospel composer and singer whose music remains a staple in many church hymnals, died January 8. He was 72 and had been ill for many years.
Black churches may no longer be at center of civil rights protest
Half a century after civil rights movement activists marched across the South, the black church is finding new routes for activism....
After Ferguson and Eric Garner decisions, more white Christians say it’s time to stand with blacks
c. 2014 Religion News Service
...Bible museum begins construction in D.C., but curriculum is shelved
Construction began on the Museum of the Bible, founded and funded by Hobby Lobby’s Steve Green, in Washington, D.C., this fall, while an Oklahoma school district shelved his Bible curriculum.
...Hobby Lobby president’s Bible curriculum shelved by Oklahoma school district
c. 2014 Religion News Service
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