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.
All Stories by Adelle M. Banks
‘Evangelicals for Life’ participants join Catholics in annual march
By Adelle M. Banks — January 22, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) Many are first-timers at the anti-abortion annual event. "This is an issue that is worth walking in a blizzard for,” said one woman planning to march.
Howard Divinity School returns sacred Ethiopian manuscript to Orthodox monastery
By Adelle M. Banks — January 20, 2016
(RNS) The 15th-century manuscript is sacred to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
VIDEO: Memorial visitors see King as a spiritual leader
By Adelle M. Banks — January 18, 2016
(RNS) To mark the holiday honoring the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., we asked visitors to the national memorial in Washington, D.C., how they view King as a spiritual leader.
Religious voices respond to State of the Union
By Adelle M. Banks — January 12, 2016
(RNS) They voiced support and criticism on issues ranging from religious inclusion to same-sex marriage to Iran.
Franklin Graham starts cross-country rallies: ‘America needs the Christian vote’
By Adelle M. Banks — January 5, 2016
(RNS) Two weeks after he announced his departure from the Republican Party, Graham kicked off a “Decision America Tour" urging evangelicals to vote for candidates who agree with their biblical values.
Candy Carson: Wife of GOP candidate sees God working in campaign, marriage
By Adelle M. Banks — January 5, 2016
(RNS) The Episcopalian-turned-Adventist said faith has undergirded their relationship from their days at Yale to his time as a famous neurosurgeon to his venture into U.S. politics.
Ed Dobson, retired pastor and onetime Moral Majority leader, dies at 65
By Adelle M. Banks — December 29, 2015
(RNS) He served as one of the lieutenants of the Moral Majority, helping Ronald Reagan defeat President Jimmy Carter in the 1980 election. Later, Dobson gave up on evangelical political involvement.
Campus Crusade co-founder Vonette Bright dies at 89
By Adelle M. Banks — December 23, 2015
(RNS) In 1951, Bright started the ministry, now known as Cru, with her husband, William “Bill” Bright. It grew into one of the largest and most influential evangelical institutions for young Christians.
‘Concussion’ doctor’s Catholic faith gave him courage to tackle the NFL
By Adelle M. Banks — December 23, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) Dr. Bennet Omalu, a Roman Catholic, said he is “not anti-football,” but he thinks it’s important for the religious community to share information to prevent injuries.
Black church group holds first-ever cross-racial gathering to tackle racism
By Adelle M. Banks — December 14, 2015
(RNS) The consultation comes at the end of a year when there have been an unusual number of religious gatherings focused on improving race relations.
Churches settling refugees against governors’ wishes
By Adelle M. Banks — December 10, 2015
(RNS) More than half of the nation’s governors declared their state’s borders closed to Syrian refugees after the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris. But some churches and faith-based agencies are defying the orders.
Episcopal Presiding Bishop Michael Curry recovering from surgery
By Adelle M. Banks — December 9, 2015
(RNS) The medical setback for the church’s leader comes as the 1.9 million-member faith group faces new statistics indicating its continuing slide in membership and participation.
O Little Town of Washington: Activists bring Christmas to Supreme Court (PHOTOS and VIDEO)
By Adelle M. Banks — December 7, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) Watch what happens when conservative evangelicals bring the story of Christmas to the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Pastor pens verses on gun violence sung to the tune of church hymns
By Adelle M. Banks — December 3, 2015
(RNS) The new verses that the Rev. Carolyn Winfrey Gillette pens are tools for moving people beyond the paralysis they may feel when they hear the latest bad news.
Bread for the World puts price tag on hunger: $160 billion in health care
By Adelle M. Banks — November 23, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) The leader of Bread for the World compared the U.S. rates of infant mortality to a “massive terrorist attack” as he released the Christian anti-hunger group’s annual report Monday that showed the costs of hunger in this country.
