faith leaders
As Maui rescue continues, families and faith leaders cling to hope but tackle reality of loss
By Bobby Caina Calvan, Giovanna Dell'orto, and Audrey Mcavoy — August 16, 2023
KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Amid the gloom, faith leaders were focused on providing community and spiritual hope for congregants who lost homes and livelihoods. Some vowed to hold services on Sunday.
Faith on the ground in Buffalo: Voice Buffalo executive director Denise Walden
By Adelle M. Banks — May 17, 2022
(RNS) — ‘They are some of the matriarchs and the pillars of our community,’ Buffalo minister says of residents killed in attack.
The tone-deaf crusade for COVID-19 boosters
By Azza Karam — December 10, 2021
(RNS) — The solution is not boosting healthy adults in wealthier countries, but vaccinating the globe.
Gun control group starts faith-driven push ahead of election
By Elana Schor — May 12, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — A leading gun control advocacy group has enlisted more than a dozen religious leaders to boost voter turnout this fall in support of candidates who support measures to prevent gun violence.
US Assemblies of God elects first woman executive in more than a century
By Adelle M. Banks — April 24, 2018
(RNS) — The election of the Rev. Donna L. Barrett as general secretary of the denomination's top American board harks back to the church's early days, when women played important public roles in its congregations.
Faith leaders must stop acting as if there’s no preventing natural disasters
By Amy Butler — November 3, 2017
(RNS) — As faith leaders, we believe it’s time we stopped pretending and summoned our great generosity of spirit and incalculable ingenuity to address the ongoing disaster that is causing all our other disasters: climate change.
Religious left says it won’t drop the moral mantle in 2014
By Lauren Markoe — September 9, 2014
(RNS) On Tuesday (Sept. 9), left-leaning faith leaders announced a new campaign to boost voter registration and encourage voters, particularly in poor and immigrant communities, to go to the polls.
Faith leaders testify in support of EPA’s Clean Power Plan
By Heather Adams — July 30, 2014
(RNS) Twenty-six faith leaders showed their support of the Clean Power Plan through prayer and public witness at the Environmental Protection Agency public hearings. The Clean Power Plan was proposed June 2 under President Obama's Climate Action Plan.
Religious leaders petition Congress to support immigrant children
By Heather Adams — July 10, 2014
(RNS) At a teleconference Thursday (July 10), faith leaders asked Congress for emergency funds to help children who have entered the United States without lawful immigration papers and without a parent or guardian.
Religious groups blast GOP budget proposal
By Tracy Gordon — March 21, 2012
WASHINGTON (RNS) Religious groups are mobilizing against a proposed budget released Tuesday by House GOP leaders, saying it makes unfair cuts in social programs while lowering tax rates for wealthy Americans. By Annalisa Musarra.
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