{"id":38224,"date":"2026-07-21T04:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T22:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/with-voting-rights-in-mind-progressive-national-baptists-head-to-capitol-hill\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T04:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T22:56:09","slug":"with-voting-rights-in-mind-progressive-national-baptists-head-to-capitol-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/with-voting-rights-in-mind-progressive-national-baptists-head-to-capitol-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"With voting rights in mind, Progressive National Baptists head to Capitol Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><iframe title=\"Everlit Audio Player\" src=\"https:\/\/everlit.audio\/embeds\/artl_QdBki88Y5Wa?ui_title_intro=Listen+now%3A&amp;client=wp&amp;client_version=3.2.3\" width=\"100%\" height=\"136px\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (RNS) \u2014 On the first full day of their annual session, a busload of members of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, a historically Black denomination that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. called home, headed to Capitol Hill to meet with members of Congress about their concerns about voting in the upcoming midterms and beyond them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot come to D.C. and not have conversations with our federal legislators,\u201d said the Rev. Willie D. Francois III, co-chair of the PNBC\u2019s Social Justice Commission, during a live edition of the youth-led podcast \u201cThe Pew and the Porch.\u201d Francois spoke on the episode on Monday (July 20) at the Omni Shoreham shortly before he and the younger panelists left for their Capitol visit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Supreme Court, not too far from here, decided that it was OK for Black folks to not deserve representation in Congress,\u201d he said. \u201cNot only do they want to dilute our vote, now they are telling us we cannot elect the people we want in office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Francois said the PNBC is looking to senators and representatives to take action from their branch of government after the high court gutted the Voting Rights Act by declaring a congressional map of Louisiana\u2019s second majority-Black district \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2026\/05\/08\/black-clergy-strategize-preach-pray-after-voting-rights-act-gutted-by-high-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an unconstitutional gerrymander.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going over there to say, listen, the Supreme Court can make one decision, but you, as the Congress, have a responsibility to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act, and only you can do that,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The high court\u2019s decision has prompted renewed and revamped efforts toward mobilizing votes, even as President Trump has sought congressional passage of the SAVE America Act that would require proof of citizenship for voter registration and a valid photo ID at the polls. Citizenship is <a href=\"https:\/\/bipartisanpolicy.org\/article\/five-things-to-know-about-the-save-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">already a voting requirement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>RELATED<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2026\/05\/08\/black-clergy-strategize-preach-pray-after-voting-rights-act-gutted-by-high-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Black clergy strategize, preach and urge election turnout after Voting Rights Act gutting<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div id=\"attachment_4269304\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 750px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4269304\" src=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/webRNS-PNBC02-427x285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/webRNS-PNBC02-427x285.jpg 427w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/webRNS-PNBC02-807x538.jpg 807w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/webRNS-PNBC02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/webRNS-PNBC02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/webRNS-PNBC02-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/webRNS-PNBC02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/webRNS-PNBC02-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/webRNS-PNBC02.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text edd-enabled\"><span class=\"caption\">Members of the Progressive National Baptist Convention walk toward a bus to go to Capitol Hill to meet with members of Congress about their concerns about voting rights on July 20, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Adelle M. Banks\/RNS photo)<\/span><span class=\"credit\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a shame that something like that is even being introduced and considered,\u201d PNBC President David Peoples told Religion News Service in an interview before heading to the Capitol, noting the lack of credible evidence of voter fraud in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor those who are older, those who are challenged to find a birth certificate, I mean, it\u2019s unnecessary, and it\u2019s, more so, making one feel like they want to make sure that you\u2019re white rather than right. Because it affects, really, more so, Black and brown people,\u201d Peoples said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The denomination\u2019s Freedom Sunday 2026 guide \u2014 which encouraged churches to mark Sunday, July 5, with the theme \u201cWhat is the 250th Anniversary to Black people and Black Churches?\u201d \u2014 described its \u201carc of activation\u201d from a Lenten time of discernment about justice issues to this week\u2019s convention through the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Like other Black Christian leaders, the <a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2025\/04\/24\/black-church-leader-says-target-boycott-wont-ease-until-dei-programs-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rev. Jamal Bryant<\/a>, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, a prominent megachurch outside Atlanta, cited the Louisiana v. Callais decision by the Supreme Court as a motivator for joining the visit to members of Congress.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4269308\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 240px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4269308 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/webRNS-PNBC03-240x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/webRNS-PNBC03-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/webRNS-PNBC03-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text edd-enabled\"><span class=\"caption\">Rev. Jamal Byrant (Adelle M. Banks, RNS photo)<\/span><span class=\"credit\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe voice of the Black church is saying that we have the moral compass for what\u2019s taking place in the country and in the culture, and to register our discontentment with what is taking place in the rollback of the strides that impact our community,\u201d Bryant told RNS.<\/p>\n<p>The Rev. Andre E. Johnson, director of social justice for the PNBC\u2019s Southern region, said he doesn\u2019t personally think Hill discussions this close to the midterms will change what has recently occurred with redistricting or gerrymandering. But he said greater mobilization of people to register and vote could make Southern states like Louisiana or Tennessee have different-than-expected results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo bear witness is to lay down a foundation for future work,\u201d said Johnson, a Memphis, Tennessee, pastor and communication professor. \u201cSo one of the things that we really want to try to do is to remind elected officials that what they thought was going to be in their advantage may just be their downfall.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>RELATED<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2025\/07\/24\/progressive-national-baptists-pan-big-ugly-bill-strategize-to-help-communities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Progressive National Baptists pan \u2018big ugly bill,\u2019 strategize to help communities<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n        <\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2026\/07\/20\/with-voting-rights-in-mind-progressive-national-baptists-head-to-capitol-hill\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (RNS) \u2014 On the first full day of their annual session, a busload of members of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, a historically Black denomination that the Rev. 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