'My ideals are driven by my faith': Raphael Warnock
From the pulpit of one of the most storied churches in America, the Rev. Raphael Warnock has blended his fiery sermons of faith and love with urgent social messages of fairness and democracy for the last 15 years.
Many members of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta — the church of Martin Luther King Jr. — wondered from early on, whether Warnock, the church’s senior pastor, had political aspirations.
“What Rev. Warnock provides is a commitment to fairness that is unwavering,” Ebenezer member Cecilia Baker of Atlanta said this week. “His messages on Sunday are uplifting and almost always educational about the political landscape and how it impacts Black people. He fights for his community from the pulpit and will do the same in Washington.”
“My ideals are driven by my faith and what has caused me to fight for access to affordable health care, the dignity of work and voting rights,” he said. “I think your vote is your voice and your voice is human dignity. And we’ve got to make sure everyone has a voice in our democracy.
Former President Barack Obama voiced his support for Warnock in the run-up to the election. “You don’t find a lot of people in Washington like Rev. Warnock,” he said in an October campaign ad for Warnock. “And that’s exactly why we’ve got to get him in office.”
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From the pulpit of one of the most storied churches in America, the Rev. Raphael Warnock has blended his fiery sermons of faith and love with urgent social messages of fairness and democracy for the last 15 years.
Many members of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta — the church of Martin Luther King Jr. — wondered from early on, whether Warnock, the church’s senior pastor, had political aspirations.
“What Rev. Warnock provides is a commitment to fairness that is unwavering,” Ebenezer member Cecilia Baker of Atlanta said this week. “His messages on Sunday are uplifting and almost always educational about the political landscape and how it impacts Black people. He fights for his community from the pulpit and will do the same in Washington.”
“My ideals are driven by my faith and what has caused me to fight for access to affordable health care, the dignity of work and voting rights,” he said. “I think your vote is your voice and your voice is human dignity. And we’ve got to make sure everyone has a voice in our democracy.
Former President Barack Obama voiced his support for Warnock in the run-up to the election. “You don’t find a lot of people in Washington like Rev. Warnock,” he said in an October campaign ad for Warnock. “And that’s exactly why we’ve got to get him in office.”
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