Progressive National Baptist Convention
Historic sermon by Gina Stewart at joint Black Baptist meeting draws cheers, controversy
By Adelle M. Banks — January 30, 2024
(RNS) — After many in the room cheered her on and stood as she preached, the session featuring her sermon temporarily disappeared from the National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc.’s Facebook page.
Progressive National Baptists gain partners to address voting rights, gun violence
By Adelle M. Banks — August 10, 2023
(RNS) — Members of the historically Black Protestant denomination also marked the ninth anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager, in nearby Ferguson, Missouri.
Progressive National Baptists to deploy $1 million grant to boost ‘compelling preaching’
By Adelle M. Banks — January 31, 2023
(RNS) — The Lilly Endowment grants to the 32 organizations total $31.7 million and were distributed in November.
Progressive National Baptists, AFL-CIO reunite for midterms voter initiative
By Adelle M. Banks — August 11, 2022
(RNS) — ‘We want to make that connection between the two and we want these two entities to feel comfortable again as they did in the ’60s,’ a Baptist leader said.
As Congress debates, Black Baptist leader calls denial of voting rights ‘evil’
By Adelle M. Banks — January 18, 2022
(RNS) — Regardless of what happens on Capitol Hill, the PNBC leaders said they plan to lobby Congress in March and register voters weekly in their congregations and communities.
Timothy Stewart, Progressive National Baptists’ international president, dead at 64
By Adelle M. Banks — September 23, 2021
(RNS) — ‘He was the first President from the International Region in Progressive’s 60 year history,’ his denomination said.
Women making strides in leadership of Black denominations amid hesitancy
By Adelle M. Banks — September 22, 2021
(RNS) — ‘Whenever a woman rises, or ascends, to a leadership position in a national organization, it’s always significant,’ said the Rev. Gina Stewart.
Warnock, Progressive National Baptists focus on voting rights during annual meeting
By Adelle M. Banks — August 5, 2021
(RNS) — The denominational meeting, which concludes Thursday, also featured discussions on equitable wages and on debates about critical race theory.
Biden quotes Bible at Black church meeting, while Trump says his rival is ‘against God’
By Jack Jenkins — August 6, 2020
(RNS) — ‘The night is long, but joy cometh in the morning, and it’s up to us to make sure it does. That’s our charge: deliver America a new dawn,’ Former Vice President Joe Biden said.
After Dorian, Baptist leader and Bahamas native sees devastation, resilience
By Adelle M. Banks — September 13, 2019
(RNS) — The Progressive National Baptist president said of some churches after the hurricane: 'Even the ones that were serving as shelters, most of them have been compromised.'
Black clergy vow to forge their own path
By Adelle M. Banks — October 9, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Representatives of the Progressive National Baptist Convention spoke Tuesday at the National Press Club about the need to address race and spirituality amid the get-out-the-vote drives.
Kaine, Trump address faithful of different stripes
By Adelle M. Banks — August 11, 2016
(RNS) In a speech focused on faith and his fights for civil rights, the Virginia senator made a point of differentiating himself from the Republican nominee for president.
Voter registration on faith groups’ to-do lists
By Adelle M. Banks — August 2, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) The 'Together We Vote' campaign is one of the efforts by religious groups to mobilize new voters.
Jimmy Carter pushes for interracial Baptist cooperation
By Adelle M. Banks — June 2, 2016
(RNS) His work to bring Baptists of different races together nationwide is morphing into grass-roots attempts to address community needs.
Black churches bucking the trend of decline
By Adelle M. Banks — August 13, 2015
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (RNS) A recent Pew Research Center survey showed that historically black denominations are not losing their share of the U.S. population. Why is that?
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