A Baltimore pastor, preaching about vaccines to the Black community, emphasizes personal agency
Terris King is intimately familiar with the Black community’s skepticism about Covid-19 vaccines.
The Baltimore pastor — who has also worked for 30 years in federal and other public health programs — has been using his remote pulpit for almost a year to preach about the power and safety of vaccines, weaving together science and religion in a way he may be uniquely qualified to do. STAT spoke with him in August about his work combining grassroots organizing efforts and religious teachings to explain the Covid-19 vaccine and arm his community with enough information to make their own decisions about it.
