Preaching about Vaccines to the Black community

Item

PGV_ID

104033

Title

Preaching about Vaccines to the Black community

Author (individual or group)

Amy Sokolow

URL

Location

Baltimore

Religious movement

Baptist
Baptist

Description or narrative

This interview highlights Baltimore pastor, Terris King and his actions to advocate for the COVID-19 vaccine. While he advocates for the vaccine, communicating with pharmaceutical companies and the Black community, he has not publicly pledged to take the vaccine as he interprets this pledge to make him look biased. According to King, he would “lose his credibility” as a result. King highlights skepticism within the Black community regarding vaccines, and that the history of medical ethics in relation to minority communities is commonly brought up when concerns about this vaccine arise. King has tried to lower hesitancy and provide more clarity through information sessions, discussing the vaccine(s) in sermons, and answering questions people may have about the vaccines and the science behind them. In one of the information sessions, King had “Johns Hopkins, Pfizer, and Sanofi on the line for prayer services one night” for a presentation that focused on the vaccines that "went very, very well.”

Contributor

devengfl

Religious organization, or house of worship

Liberty Grace Church of God

Genre

News articles and journalism about religious responses to COVID-19

Date

02/02/2021

This item was submitted on April 28, 2021 by Faith Devengencie using the form “Help gather religious responses to the pandemic” on the site “Preaching Goes Viral”: https://pandemicreligion.org/s/preaching-goes-viral

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