Adelle Banks
@adellembanks.bsky.social
Projects editor and national reporter for @RNS.org
Co-author, "Becoming a Future-Ready Church: 8 Shifts to Encourage and Empower the Next Generation of Leaders"
Multimedia journalist
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Co-author, "Becoming a Future-Ready Church: 8 Shifts to Encourage and Empower the Next Generation of Leaders"
Multimedia journalist
https://religionnews.com/author/adellebanks/
https://www.linkedin.com/in
So grateful that Religious Research Association President Edwin Aponte awarded its Outstanding Applied Research Award for “Becoming a Future-Ready Church: 8 Shifts to Encourage and Empower the Next Generation of Leaders” to co-author Warren Bird and me for book we wrote with Daniel Yang!
November 1, 2025 at 3:54 AM
So grateful that Religious Research Association President Edwin Aponte awarded its Outstanding Applied Research Award for “Becoming a Future-Ready Church: 8 Shifts to Encourage and Empower the Next Generation of Leaders” to co-author Warren Bird and me for book we wrote with Daniel Yang!
On the 1st anniversary of the publication of “Becoming a Future-Ready Church: 8 Shifts to Encourage and Empower the Next Generation Leaders,” I thank my co-authors Daniel Yang and Warren Bird. Hope you’ll buy/share our award-winning book!
October 22, 2025 at 4:38 AM
On the 1st anniversary of the publication of “Becoming a Future-Ready Church: 8 Shifts to Encourage and Empower the Next Generation Leaders,” I thank my co-authors Daniel Yang and Warren Bird. Hope you’ll buy/share our award-winning book!
It’s not too late to register for “Becoming a Future-Ready Church” 4-week online cohort my coauthors Daniel Yang, Warren Bird and I will lead starting Tuesday. Register now/share with others. Thanks! exponential.org/frc-cohort
September 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It’s not too late to register for “Becoming a Future-Ready Church” 4-week online cohort my coauthors Daniel Yang, Warren Bird and I will lead starting Tuesday. Register now/share with others. Thanks! exponential.org/frc-cohort
My coauthors Daniel Yang, Warren Bird and I are set to lead 4-week online cohort on “Becoming a Future-Ready Church” starting a week from today (9/23). Register now/share with others. Thanks! exponential.org/frc-cohort
September 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
My coauthors Daniel Yang, Warren Bird and I are set to lead 4-week online cohort on “Becoming a Future-Ready Church” starting a week from today (9/23). Register now/share with others. Thanks! exponential.org/frc-cohort
Please register today for 4-week online cohort my coauthors and I will lead about “Becoming a Future-Ready Church” – starting 9/23: exponential.org/frc-cohort
September 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Please register today for 4-week online cohort my coauthors and I will lead about “Becoming a Future-Ready Church” – starting 9/23: exponential.org/frc-cohort
Daniel Yang, Warren Bird and I wrote "Becoming a Future-Ready Church," the topic of a fall online cohort with Exponential. We’ll discuss the book’s core shifts together with you. $99 for four 90-minute sessions, starting 9/23. Please register/share today: exponential.org/frc-cohort
August 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Daniel Yang, Warren Bird and I wrote "Becoming a Future-Ready Church," the topic of a fall online cohort with Exponential. We’ll discuss the book’s core shifts together with you. $99 for four 90-minute sessions, starting 9/23. Please register/share today: exponential.org/frc-cohort
Thrilled to announce that "Becoming a Future-Ready Church," the book I coauthored with Daniel Yang and Warren Bird, is the topic of a 4-week fall cohort to help you empower the next generation to lead your church into a vibrant, hope-filled future.
Register today at exponential.org/frc-cohort
Register today at exponential.org/frc-cohort
August 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Thrilled to announce that "Becoming a Future-Ready Church," the book I coauthored with Daniel Yang and Warren Bird, is the topic of a 4-week fall cohort to help you empower the next generation to lead your church into a vibrant, hope-filled future.
Register today at exponential.org/frc-cohort
Register today at exponential.org/frc-cohort
So pleased to share that my book “Becoming a Future-Ready Church: 8 Shifts to Encourage and Empower the Next Generation of Leaders,” co-written with Daniel Yang and Warren Bird, will receive Religious Research Association’s Outstanding Applied Research Award! mailchi.mp/ea3086a9d462...
July 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
So pleased to share that my book “Becoming a Future-Ready Church: 8 Shifts to Encourage and Empower the Next Generation of Leaders,” co-written with Daniel Yang and Warren Bird, will receive Religious Research Association’s Outstanding Applied Research Award! mailchi.mp/ea3086a9d462...
So pleased my book “Becoming a Future Ready Church: 8 Shifts to Encourage and Empower the Next Generation of Leaders,” co-written with Daniel Yang and Warren Bird, was honored with an Award of Merit by the Associated Church Press earlier this month.
May 29, 2025 at 5:02 AM
So pleased my book “Becoming a Future Ready Church: 8 Shifts to Encourage and Empower the Next Generation of Leaders,” co-written with Daniel Yang and Warren Bird, was honored with an Award of Merit by the Associated Church Press earlier this month.
So appreciated being invited to give keynote about my book “Becoming a Future-Ready Church,” co-written with Daniel Yang and Warren Bird, at the Associated Church Press annual convention in Chicago on Thursday! Thanks to Bobby Ross, who also spoke at the convention, who took this photo.
May 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
So appreciated being invited to give keynote about my book “Becoming a Future-Ready Church,” co-written with Daniel Yang and Warren Bird, at the Associated Church Press annual convention in Chicago on Thursday! Thanks to Bobby Ross, who also spoke at the convention, who took this photo.
Pleased that my book “Becoming a Future-Ready Church,” co-written with Daniel Yang and Warren Bird, was honored with a 2025 Award of Merit from the Religion Communicators Council! It's available on Amazon, other outlets. shorturl.at/Yt5ZI
April 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Pleased that my book “Becoming a Future-Ready Church,” co-written with Daniel Yang and Warren Bird, was honored with a 2025 Award of Merit from the Religion Communicators Council! It's available on Amazon, other outlets. shorturl.at/Yt5ZI
Appreciated being interviewed on The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast with my co-author Warren Bird about “Becoming a Future-Ready Church” (starting around timestamp 11:02). Our book, co-written with Daniel Yang, is available on Amazon and other outlets
careynieuwhof.com/episode718/
careynieuwhof.com/episode718/
March 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Appreciated being interviewed on The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast with my co-author Warren Bird about “Becoming a Future-Ready Church” (starting around timestamp 11:02). Our book, co-written with Daniel Yang, is available on Amazon and other outlets
careynieuwhof.com/episode718/
careynieuwhof.com/episode718/
Enjoyed speaking virtually as my co-authors Warren Bird and Daniel Yang and I presented about “Becoming a Future-Ready Church: 8 Shifts to Encourage and Empower the Next Generation of Leaders” at Exponential 2025 Global Conference on 3/19. Our book is available on Amazon, other outlets.
March 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Enjoyed speaking virtually as my co-authors Warren Bird and Daniel Yang and I presented about “Becoming a Future-Ready Church: 8 Shifts to Encourage and Empower the Next Generation of Leaders” at Exponential 2025 Global Conference on 3/19. Our book is available on Amazon, other outlets.
Appreciate Outreach Magazine recognizing "Becoming a Future-Ready Church," the book I coauthored with Daniel Yang and Warren Bird as a leadership “Resource of the Year.” It’s available via Amazon and other outlets: amazon.com/dp/031016110X
February 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Appreciate Outreach Magazine recognizing "Becoming a Future-Ready Church," the book I coauthored with Daniel Yang and Warren Bird as a leadership “Resource of the Year.” It’s available via Amazon and other outlets: amazon.com/dp/031016110X
After the election, wrote Karen Long, in 1990s @rns.org story about his book “Living Faith,” “Carter forbade religious services in the White House as a way of separating church from state.” religionnews.com/1997/01/01/n...
January 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
After the election, wrote Karen Long, in 1990s @rns.org story about his book “Living Faith,” “Carter forbade religious services in the White House as a way of separating church from state.” religionnews.com/1997/01/01/n...
In 1998, Carter met with oft-feuding conservative and moderate Baptists, who found consensus on religious persecution and racial reconciliation. My @rns.org story: religionnews.com/1998/01/01/n...
January 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In 1998, Carter met with oft-feuding conservative and moderate Baptists, who found consensus on religious persecution and racial reconciliation. My @rns.org story: religionnews.com/1998/01/01/n...
In 2000, Carter announced: “I have come to the very painful decision that I can no longer be associated with the Southern Baptist Convention.” My @rns.org story:
religionnews.com/2000/10/21/n...
religionnews.com/2000/10/21/n...
January 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In 2000, Carter announced: “I have come to the very painful decision that I can no longer be associated with the Southern Baptist Convention.” My @rns.org story:
religionnews.com/2000/10/21/n...
religionnews.com/2000/10/21/n...
In 2008, Carter spearheaded the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant, which he called “the most momentous event” in his religious life. My @rns.org story: religionnews.com/2008/02/01/c...
January 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In 2008, Carter spearheaded the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant, which he called “the most momentous event” in his religious life. My @rns.org story: religionnews.com/2008/02/01/c...
Hope you’ll join TODAY’s free webinar about preparing churches for their future – with my co-authors Daniel Yang and Warren Bird and me in discussion with Pastor Will Chung at 2 pm Eastern.
January 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Hope you’ll join TODAY’s free webinar about preparing churches for their future – with my co-authors Daniel Yang and Warren Bird and me in discussion with Pastor Will Chung at 2 pm Eastern.
30 years after starting at @rns.org, I remain grateful for sources who have answered my questions, editors who have edited my copy, and people who have read my stories on one of journalism’s most fascinating beats.
January 9, 2025 at 5:11 AM
30 years after starting at @rns.org, I remain grateful for sources who have answered my questions, editors who have edited my copy, and people who have read my stories on one of journalism’s most fascinating beats.