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RNS-Preacher-BurdenMovie: SC minister who fought Redneck Shop and preaches love now depicted in movie
(RNS) — The Rev. David Kennedy, the black pastor of New Beginning Missionary Baptist Church, in Laurens County, S.C., protested the existence of a Ku Klux Klan-related shop and eventually ended up with his church holding the deed of the onetime museum that closed in 2012. The movie, in which actor Forest Whitaker depicts Kennedy, opens in theaters across the country on Friday. By Adelle M. Banks. 1,200 words. (category: a)
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RNS-PRRI-Trump: Study: Trump’s support among GOP, white evangelicals, ‘remarkably stable’
(RNS) — Donald Trump’s favorability ratings remained “remarkably stable” throughout 2019, with the Republican base and a core of white evangelical backers firmly backing the president, while a majority of other Americans disapproved of him, a new PRRI survey found. By Yonat Shimron. 400 words. (category: a)
