Adelle M. Banks
Southern Baptist seminary clears president after dispute over Muslim student
c. 2014 Religion News Service
...Network boosts number of church-based legal clinics for immigrants
c. 2014 Religion News Service
...Seventh-day Adventists to decide in 2015 on women’s ordination
c. 2014 Religion News Service
...Preaching on mental illness often rare, survey finds
Protestant clergy rarely preach about mental illness to their congregations and only one-quarter of congregations have a plan in place to assist families of the mentally ill, a recent LifeWay Resea...
Historic civil rights church to be considered for national recognition
c. 2014 Religion News Service
...Study: Southern pastors garner top salaries
Large churches in the South tend to pay their senior pastors the highest salaries, a new survey finds.
...Hispanic Christians launch initiative to bolster student achievement
c. 2014 Religion News Service
...National clergy issue interracial call for justice
As Barbara Williams-Skinner collected signatures for a statement by leaders of African-American church groups about the Ferguson, Missouri, police shooting of Michael Brown, she found more people w...
Women take the reins at three tall-steeple mainline churches
In quick succession, three women have been chosen to lead historic tall-steeple churches in major cities.
...Ferguson letter from black clergy becomes interracial call for justice
c. 2014 Religion News Service
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Black churches address suicide, mental illness
The death of comedian Robin Williams has heightened awareness of suicide and mental health. But many African-American churches quietly began educating members on the issue well before.
...Assemblies of God turns 100, and looks to a multiethnic future
c. 2014 Religion News Service
...More than 100 religious, immigration activists arrested at White House
c. 2014 Religion News Service
...A ‘soul-winning script’ for the nursing home
Rhonda Rowe and her team gathered around a diagram of the nursing home’s floor plan and determined how to split up to avoid praying with anyone twice.
...Obama’s faith-based advisers divided over religious exemption for anti-gay discrimination
c. 2014 Religion News Service
...Is the black church shifting on gay marriage? Q&A with filmmaker Yoruba Richen
c. 2014 Religion News Service
...Growing coalition presses Obama to end policy on religious discrimination in hiring
c. 2014 Religion News Service
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