Adelle M. Banks

Theologian Miroslav Volf spoke with Religion News Service about the difference between joy and happiness, biblical lessons on joy and how the...

The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee has appointed Willie McLaurin to serve as interim president and CEO, marking the first time...

The National Council of Churches announced Wednesday (Jan. 26) that Jim Winkler, its general secretary and president since 2013, is leaving his...

Staccato Powell, the former president of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church’s board of bishops, has been federally charged with fraud and...

On the day of a major voting rights debate on Capitol Hill, a social justice coordinator for the Progressive National Baptist Convention said...

While Martin Luther King Jr. Day is mostly commemorated with quotes and clips of King’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech and footage of bus boycotts...

An updated edition of the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible includes thousands of changes in language, reflecting the research of a wide...

The U.S. State Department has added Russia to its list of nations it considers among the world's most egregious violators of religious freedom.

While many congregations have been back to worship for weeks and months, often masked and socially distant, some African American clergy continue...

Grammy Award-winning artist Kirk Franklin has re-released his song "Lean on Me," but this time it is featuring the virtual global Children's choir.

In a recent interview with Religion News Service, Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, shared that he is “a bit”...

In light of a recent bankruptcy court ruling about the Boy Scouts of America and sexual abuse claimants, United Methodist leaders are urging their...

Theologian Russell Moore recently asserted that knowing people who became seriously ill or died from COVID-19 may be causing some vaccine-hesitant...

Marcus T. Coleman has been selected as the new director of the Department of Homeland Security's Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood...

The bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church are set to discuss COVID-19, Critical Race Theory, and same-sex marriage, among other things,...

Former United Methodist megachurch pastor and presidential adviser Kirbyjon Caldwell has begun his six-year prison sentence. Caldwell was found...

A committee that determines whether churches are conforming to Southern Baptist Convention affiliation rules will consider whether the prominent...

Outgoing Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear opened up the two-day Southern Baptist meeting using a different gavel than the one...