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Adelle M. Banks

Adelle M. Banks is production editor and a national correspondent at RNS. She joined the staff in 1995 after working for more than 10 years at daily newspapers in the upstate New York communities of Binghamton and Syracuse, The Providence Journal and the Orlando Sentinel.

‘Revival!’ brings mostly black cast to movie depiction of Gospel of John

For creator Harry Lennix, the new movie “Revival!” — a retelling of the Gospel of John with a mostly black cast — is a film whose time has come.

Religious leaders respond to Trump’s transgender military ban

Religious leaders were quick to react to President Trump’s tweeted announcement that transgender people will not be allowed to serve in the U.S. military.

Unitarian Universalists elect first woman president

An Arizona pastor and immigrant advocate has been elected as the first woman president of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Stemming the tide of hatred with kindness, and finding ‘life itself’

If we’re going to stem the tide of hatred and conflict, it’s not going to be through more hatred and conflict. It’s going to be through kindness.

Faced with declining numbers, Southern Baptists focus on evangelism

At a pastors’ conference held during the two days before the annual meeting, speakers talked about “encouraging intentional gospel conversations,” one-on-one with people who might not go to church.

Black clergy decry Trump policies as detrimental to African-Americans

“Every statistic shows that these policies will negatively impact African-Americans, poor people, the elderly and the most vulnerable among us. But we refuse to be silent. These policies are not OK.”

The Bible – helpful, but not read much

The Bible may be a source of wisdom for many Americans but most don’t read it for themselves, a new survey shows.

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