Ebenezer Baptist Church
Dexter Scott King remembered during memorial as keeper of his father Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream
By Mark Thiessen — February 12, 2024
The memorial service for Dexter King was held at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where his father once was pastor.
From Senate subcommittee to Easter sermon: Raphael Warnock on life as a pastor-politician
By Adelle M. Banks — March 31, 2023
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘My life is a sermon, that I get to preach on Sunday and embody and make come alive in my work in the Senate,’ said the Georgia senator.
Raphael Warnock says his Senate colleagues sometimes ask, ‘Rev, pray for me’
By Adelle M. Banks — June 14, 2022
(RNS) — ‘I enjoyed being a pastor, and, in my heart, that’s who I am essentially — not only a pastor but the son of two pastors.’
On MLK Day, King III implores Senate to act on voting rights
By Michael Warren and Jeff Martin — January 17, 2022
ATLANTA (AP) — A day before the U.S. Senate was expected to take up significant legislation on voting rights that is looking likely to fail, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s eldest son condemned federal lawmakers over their inaction. Speaking in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Martin Luther King III said though he was marking the federal holiday […]
King’s last full year of life: Protest, praise, ire, incarceration
By Adelle M. Banks — January 13, 2022
(RNS) — King drew criticism from Billy Graham, who told journalists that he thought King was wrong to link anti-war efforts with the civil rights movement.
Raphael Warnock honored with Four Freedoms award in ‘extra step’ for racial justice
By Adelle M. Banks — October 15, 2021
(RNS) — FDR’s granddaughter said of Warnock: ‘his voice is consistently counseling, teaching, making himself vulnerable in order to help the rest of us make sense of the world.’
AME church to boycott Coca-Cola, other companies unless they do more to fight Georgia election law
By Jack Jenkins — April 2, 2021
(RNS) — Other Black Christian groups are also planning to join the effort to force major companies to fight voting restrictions nationwide.
In Sunday sermon, Warnock, now senator and pastor, said he heard ‘echoes of the spirit’ in swearings-in
By Adelle M. Banks — January 25, 2021
(RNS) — Warnock, who follows other members of Congress who have led congregations and served at the Capitol, titled his sermon 'On Making Your Next Move.'
The Rev. Raphael Warnock sworn in with two others as new senator
By Adelle M. Banks — January 20, 2021
(RNS) — Warnock was sworn in with Georgia’s second new senator, Jon Ossoff, who is the state’s first Jewish senator, and Alex Padilla, California’s first Latino senator.
How the Ebenezer Baptist Church has been a seat of Black power for generations in Atlanta
By Jason Oliver Evans — January 15, 2021
(The Conversation) — One cannot appreciate the importance of MLK Day without understanding the tradition which formed one of America’s most influential civil rights leaders.
Warnock, Biden wins give twin thrills to religious liberals
By Elana Schor — January 8, 2021
(RNS) — Warnock and Biden are in the vanguard of the Democrats' evolution toward engagement on spiritual matters.
Senate race thrusts ‘Black America’s church’ into spotlight
By Aaron Morrison — January 3, 2021
(AP) — A high-stakes Senate race and a Trump-era cultural debate have thrust Ebenezer Baptist Church into the center of the current political debate.
Rev. Raphael Warnock considers vote sacred as pastor and Senate candidate
By Adelle M. Banks — November 13, 2020
(RNS) — Warnock is promoting his plans to address issues of the poor that he recalls from his days growing up as the 11th of 12 children of Pentecostal preachers in public housing in Savannah.
Raphael Warnock, heir to MLK’s pulpit, heads for runoff for Georgia Senate seat
By Paul O'Donnell and Adelle M. Banks — November 3, 2020
(RNS) — The pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, once co-pastored by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., now faces incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler.
Funeral for Rayshard Brooks to be held at MLK’s church
By Kate Brumback — June 23, 2020
ATLANTA (AP) — The Rev. Raphael Warnock, senior pastor at the church and a Democratic candidate for Senate, will deliver the eulogy.
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