At National Prayer Breakfast, Biden speaks of praying, working for peace
United States RNS President Joe Biden vowed to keep working and praying for resolutions to global conflicts as he addressed the National Prayer Breakfast. He also urged congressional leaders not to treat those with whom they disagree as enemies. “My prayer, my hope, is we continue to believe our best days are ahead of us, […]
US National Prayer Breakfast breaks from ‘The Family’ with new organisation
Washington DC, USRNS The National Prayer Breakfast is under new management, distancing the decades-old event from the secretive organisation that founded it after years of controversy and a scandal that showed the yearly gathering in the nation’s capital is vulnerable to espionage. According to a statement sent to reporters by former Arkansas Senator Mark Pryor, […]
US evangelical group gets racial history tour to spark work toward racial unity
Washington DC, USRNS For missionary Doug Gentile, it was seeing the “shackles for tiny children” used during American slavery. For seminary professor Darrell Bock, it was confronting the specificity of the list of “Black codes” that restricted the lives of Black people after slavery ended – mandates in many states, for instance, that they sign […]