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Adelle M. Banks

Adelle M. Banks

Adelle M. Banks, production editor and a national reporter, joined RNS in 1995. An award-winning journalist, she previously was the religion reporter at the Orlando Sentinel and a reporter at The Providence Journal and newspapers in the upstate New York communities of Syracuse and Binghamton.

farming

Black network’s farm-to-church movement brings fresh food to Baltimore

By Adelle M. Banks | 14 hours ago

BALTIMORE (RNS) — The Rev. Heber Brown III, founder of the Black Church Food Security Network, says that ‘food banks, soup kitchens and food pantries will not change the underlying conditions that have our community hungry in the first place.’

president

Jimmy Carter, 93, talks about his new book: ‘Faith’

By Adelle M. Banks | April 13, 2018

(RNS) — The former president also told RNS about his plans to speak at Liberty University and cutting back on his Sunday school teaching.

MLK50

King’s death remembered with pledges to confront racism

By Adelle M. Banks | April 4, 2018

WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘Certainly, ending racism might seem like an aspiration but, like the very first disciples, we followers of Jesus are called to bear witness to something that the world cannot yet believe is possible,’ said the Rev. Sharon Watkins, director of the National Council of Church’s Truth and Racial Justice Initiative.

MLK50

As King anniversary nears, 3 Memphis sites key to his legacy draw visitors

By Adelle M. Banks | March 29, 2018

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (RNS) — Two of the three sites are houses of worship.

MLK50

A faithful journey from cotton field to White House: Q&A with a sanitation worker

By Adelle M. Banks | March 28, 2018

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (RNS) — The Rev. Cleophus Smith marched in 1968 with black laborers supported by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in their efforts to improve working conditions.

A month before the 50th anniversary of King’s assassination, Smith, 75, talked with Religion News Service about his dual roles as an associate minister and a sanitation worker.

MLK50

Remembering King’s last sermon with renewed hope

By Adelle M. Banks | March 28, 2018

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (RNS) — One of the two surviving sanitation workers who went on strike in 1968 and who remain on the job today recalled King’s last sermon and his continuing legacy.

at the movies

Black churches host screenings of ‘Black Panther’

By Adelle M. Banks | March 1, 2018

(RNS) — Across the country, congregants have bought out theaters for screenings and dressed in their favorite African attire to see a superhero who looks like them.

lying in honor

Crowds line up to bid Graham farewell at US Capitol

By Adelle M. Banks | February 28, 2018

WASHINGTON (RNS) — From Baptists to Bruderhofs, people spoke of personal connections with the longtime evangelist, even if they never met him or saw him in person.

Truman to Trump

Graham and American presidents shared personal bonds

By Adelle M. Banks | February 27, 2018

(RNS) — A collection of quotes reflects the evangelist’s relationships with 13 presidents — from Truman to Trump.

last respects

Graham biographer: Many ‘little Billy Grahams’ succeed evangelist

By Adelle M. Banks | February 23, 2018

(RNS) — William Martin says there won’t be a ‘next Billy Graham.’

Billy Graham

Offstage and on, Billy Graham’s ministry was a team effort

By Adelle M. Banks | February 21, 2018

(RNS) — Evangelist Billy Graham may have been the name and face behind the microphone on many a crusade stage, but the team that supported him on and off that stage was an integral part of his ministry.

Crusades

Where did Billy Graham preach?

By Adelle M. Banks | February 21, 2018

(RNS) — Across the decades, Billy Graham preached to more than 210 million people in more than 185 countries across the world.

Billy Graham

Graham recalled as fearless preacher, media pioneer

By Adelle M. Banks | February 21, 2018

(RNS) — One commenter recalled how his preaching was described as ‘holding the Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other.’

Billy Graham

Timeline of the life of Billy Graham

By Adelle M. Banks and Heather Horiuchi | February 21, 2018

(RNS) — A man who started his career as a Fuller Brush salesman lived an extraordinary life that spanned more than nine decades.

obituary

Billy Graham, America’s pre-eminent evangelist, dies at 99

By Adelle M. Banks and Alicia C. Shepard | February 21, 2018

(RNS) — ‘He would have to be viewed as by far the most important, single religious figure of the 20th century here in America,’ said Randall Balmer, chairman of the religion department at Dartmouth College.

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