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Innovative Christian publisher Melvin E. Banks dies at 86

Innovative Christian publisher Melvin E. Banks dies at 86
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Melvin Banks, founder of largest Black-owned Christian media and publishing company, dies at 86 - CHVNRadio: Southern Manitoba's hub for local and Christian news, and adult contemporary Christian programming.

Melvin Banks, founder of largest Black-owned Christian media and publishing company, dies at 86
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Thursday, Feb 18 2021, 5:29 AM
Revolutionary Founder of the Largest Independent, African American-owned and -operated, Christian Media and Publishing Company, Changed U.S. Bible Engagement for the Last 50 Years, UMI says of its founder. (UMI)
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UMI (Urban Ministries, Inc.) announced that its founder, Dr. Melvin E. Banks, Sr., died on Saturday, February 13, at 86.
So many people have been introduced to the life-changing message of Jesus because of Dr. Banks’ ground-breaking initiatives
Banks launched UMI in 1970 to provide African American churches and individuals with images reflecting their congregations and relatable, Christ-centered content from an urban perspective, according to a release from the company. ....

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Founder of largest black-owned Christian publishing firm dies

Melvin E. Banks Sr., the founder of Urban Ministries, Inc., the largest independent, African American-owned and operated Christian media and publishing company, passed away Saturday at 86. ....

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UMI (Urban Ministries, Inc.) Founder Dr. Melvin E. Banks, Sr., Dies

/PRNewswire/ UMI (Urban Ministries, Inc.) announced today that its founder Dr. Melvin E. Banks, Sr., died on Saturday, February 13, at 86. Dr. Banks. ....

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Died: Melvin E. Banks, Publisher of Black Sunday School Cu...... | News & Reporting

When contextualizing Scripture was controversial, he said âthe bottom line is Jesus.â
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Image: Urban Ministries, Inc.
Melvin E. Banks, founder of the largest black Christian publishing house in the United States, died on February 13 at age 86.
Banks started Urban Ministries Inc. in the basement of his home in Chicago in 1970, focusing on Sunday school curriculum and Bible study materials for African American Christians. The ministry grew to serve more than 50,000 black churches.
Banks contextualized Scripture to show its relevance to contemporary African American life and shocked many Christians, black and white, with depictions of Bible characters as people of color. Banks insisted the images were accurate, since the world of the biblical narrative included Middle Easterners as well as many North Africans, and also argued it was important. Black people needed to know they were part of Bible history. ....

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