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Preaching Truth to Power: Activism From the Pulpit - The Sacramento Observer

By Jada Ingleton | The Washington Informer | Word In Black (WIB) - During the National Prayer Service, held the day after the Jan. 20 inauguration, the Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, shocked the nation with a direct plea to President Donald Trump on behalf of youth, the LGBTQIA+ community […]

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