As US Senate convenes hearing, more than 300 faith leaders declare support for DC statehood
Washington DC, USRNS More than 300 faith leaders and heads of prominent religious organisations signed a letter sent to Senate leadership on Tuesday backing the call to make Washington, DC, a state, adding religious support to the growing Democratic-led effort. “As clergy and faith leaders from across our nation, we write to express our strong […]
Wow!: In Ohio, Wilberforce University, AME Church school, cancels debt for 2020, 2021 grads
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports from the US…
AME Church historical documentary features Mother Emanuel pastor Clementa Pinckney
RNS The African Methodist Episcopal Church has released a short film online about its history that includes an interview with Rev Clementa Pinckney, the pastor killed in a 2015 attack on his South Carolina church, in which he talks about the historically Black denomination’s significance. “Our church and every good AME pastor knows that we’re […]
In the US, AME church delays boycott of Georgia companies, plans protest at Masters Tournament
RNS The African Methodist Episcopal Church and other historically Black faith groups in Georgia have delayed a boycott of major companies, planning instead to protest the Masters golf tournament while giving company executives additional time to combat controversial elections law in the state. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, AME Bishop Reginald Jackson, who oversees the […]
In the US, Georgia’s new GOP election law draws criticism, lawsuits
Atlanta, Georgia, USAP Critics of Georgia’s new Republican-backed election law issued fresh calls Monday to boycott some of the state’s largest businesses for not speaking out more forcefully against the law, a day after advocacy organisations filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging it. In a letter to more than 90,000 parishioners, Bishop Reginald Jackson, […]
Religious conferences: In the US, planning continues amid COVID-19, socially distant or online
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on how organisers of religious conferences in the US are adapting during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic…
In the US, Martin Luther King, Jr, faith events continue in time of COVID-19 and Capitol chaos
RNS Commemorations of the life of Rev Martin Luther King, Jr, look different this year, with few in-person opportunities to preach, pray and volunteer amid the coronavirus pandemic. But many online gatherings that mark his birthday on Friday and the holiday in his honour on Monday will apply his messages of years ago to the […]
After the election: Biden victory in hand, Black church get-out-the-vote workers assess the future
Faith in Action, which mobilised for policies that empower Black Americans, noted down-ballot wins, such as passage of a $15 minimum wage in Florida. ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports…
US Black church leaders demand apology for Trump ad
RNS Leaders of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the pastor of an AME congregation in Wilmington, Delaware, are condemning a Trump-Pence campaign ad that uses footage of Joe Biden kneeling in the sanctuary of a Black church, describing it as racist and demanding an apology. Rev Silvester S Beaman, pastor of Bethel AME Church, […]
US churches: Black clergy memorialise the dead, ask government to address disparities
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports…