Biden quotes Bible at Black church meeting, while Trump says his rival is “against God”
RNS On Thursday afternoon, US President Donald Trump declared in Cleveland that his Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, would create an America with “no religion” if elected, adding that Biden would “hurt the Bible, hurt God” because “he’s against God.” Yet Biden spent that same morning invoking Scripture while speaking directly to religious […]
THE INTERVIEW: REV TIMOTHY STEWART, BAPTIST LEADER FINDS DEVASTATION AND RESILIENCE IN THE BAHAMAS AFTER HURRICANE DORIAN
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with Rev Timothy Stewart, president of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, after he visited the Bahamas island of Grand Bahamas this week…
US black clergy, critiquing the national divide, announce plan to forge their own path
Washington, DCRNS Representatives of two black Baptist denominations, the Progressive National Baptist Convention and the National Baptist Convention USA, declared on Tuesday that they would stand apart from white liberals and conservatives alike while seeking to address a politically divided nation. Rejecting the “politics of fear” they say has taken hold in this election season, […]