Adelle M. Banks
Update: Evangelical grad student settles with university
A graduate counseling student who was expelled from Eastern Michigan University after citing her faith when she declined to advise a gay client has settled her case with the school.
...Commission suggests ways to keep closer eye on lavish ministries
A special commission created by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability has called for clearer IRS guidance and greater involvement among donors to address "outliers" among congregatio...
'Fifty Shades of Grey' moves evangelicals beyond black and white sexuality
Ask Kelley Taylor, a Southern Baptist college student, if she's opened the steamy pages of "Fifty Shades of Grey," and she has a ready response.
...Judge rejects much of Schuller's bankruptcy bid
Crystal Cathedral founder Robert H. Schuller failed to get most of the $5 million he requested in a bankruptcy case against the Southern California megachurch he started 57 years ago.
...Church leaders say returning vets need time, attention
When Staff Sgt. Brandon Hill came home from his third tour in Iraq last year, he expected his wife and young daughters at the welcoming ceremony....
Controversial 'Mojave Cross' to return to Calif. Desert
It's been debated for more than a decade, covered with a wooden box and stolen.
...Why is Billy Graham so involved in the 2012 elections?
After years of shunning the partisan political spotlight, is Billy Graham a born-again Republican?
...Adventists call actions to allow women's ordinations 'mistakes'
Leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church have said that recent decisions by two regional bodies to allow ordination of female pastors were “serious mistakes,” and women who are ordained won’t be...
Billy Graham offers to 'help' Romney during meeting at N.C. home
Billy Graham offered to "do all I can to help" GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney in a Thursday (Oct. 11) meeting at the evangelist's North Carolina home.
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Are ministers and musicians allies or rivals?
Eileen Guenther, the national president of the American Guild of Organists, reveals behind-the-scenes church struggles in her new book, Rivals or a Team?...
Judge: Billy Graham Evangelistic Association didn't discriminate against black employee
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS)
A North Carolina judge has ruled the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association did not discriminate against a former black employee.
...Released: Pastor in Iran, teen in Pakistan
Religious rights activists are hailing the release of an Iranian pastor accused of apostasy and a Pakistani girl who was charged with blasphemy....
Adventists press issue of women’s ordination
Two U.S. regional groups of the Seventh-day Adventist Church have women pastors and are moving faster than the worldwide church on the issue.
...Multisite churches are outpacing growth of megachurches
The number of congregations that host worship services at more than one physical location has grown to more than 5,000 in the last decade, according to a new report....
March for Life leader Nellie Gray dead at 88
c. 2012 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Nellie Gray, the longtime leader of the annual March for Life, which protests the 1973 Roe v....
Gospel artist BeBe Winans opens up about Whitney Houston
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) In his new book, "The Whitney I Knew," gospel artist BeBe Winans describes his 28-year friendship with singer Whitney Houston....
Black churches split over gay marriage and Obama
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) At Charity Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston, S.C., the Rev. Nelson B....