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Linda Brown Thompson, school desegregation pioneer, dies at age 75
Frank Page, Southern Baptist head, resigns over 'a personal failing'
Cleophus Smith, a Memphis sanitation worker and minister, keeps up fight for rights
Megachurch founder Bill Hybels denies reports of sexual misconduct
Glen Guyton first person of color to be Mennonite Church USA's top executive
Casely Essamuah, "evangelical and ecumenical" pastor, to lead Global Christian Forum
Mohammed bin Salman's reforms bolster interfaith efforts
Stephen G. Ray Jr. begins presidency at Chicago Theological Seminary
Colorado Mennonite investigator jailed for refusing to testify in death penalty case
Kathy Bogie and Ciara Lillie launch post-incarceration program for women in Texas
Gabriel Fackre, 'ecumenical evangelical' theologian, dies at age 92
Munib Younan, Palestinian Lutheran bishop, passes torch to Sani Ibrahim Azar
Wyatt Tee Walker, MLK confidant and civil rights leader, dies
George Manneh Weah takes helm in Liberia from fellow Methodist president
George Lindbeck, a founder of postliberal theology, dies at age 94
Harvey Guthrie Jr., leader during historic period for Episcopalians, dies
Jonathan Z. Smith, religion scholar, dies at age 79
Traci Blackmon, UCC national officer, honored by African American newspaper
Wilmot Collins, who came to U.S. as a refugee, begins work as mayor of Helena, Montana
Black liberation theologian James Cone wins 2018 Grawemeyer Award in religion