What Warnock’s Critics Get Wrong About the Black Baptist Tradition
The campaign against Warnock is using the same tactic that has regularly been employed against Black people seeking to call America to its better possibilities. Read full piece
In Georgia Senate Runoff, Loeffler Targets Warnock Sermons
Democrats say strategy could backfire, drive Black turnout. Read full piece
Black Baptists Lead Anti-Coronavirus Effort with United Way
Black clergy leaders are joining forces with the United Way of New York City for a new initiative designed to combat the coronavirus’s outsized toll on African Americans through ramped-up testing, contact tracing and treatment management.
In Georgia, Demonizing Black Liberation Theology Yet Again
I am a Baptist theologian, and “professor of historical theology” is my specific job title. It is therefore of no little interest to me that a political controversy moving into the national spotlight involves a candidate who is a fellow Baptist theologian and his ties to
Raphael Warnock, Heir to MLK’s pulpit, Heads for Runoff for Georgia Senate Seat
The pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, once co-pastored by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., now faces incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler in a runoff election in Georgia.
Can Raphael Warnock Go From the Pulpit to the Senate?
The pastor at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where Martin Luther King Jr. once preached, is betting that Georgia is ready to send a religious progressive to Washington. Read full piece
The Black Church Is Atlanta’s Original Community Organizer
Long before Raphael Warnock’s Senate run, the biblical call for freedom for the oppressed stirred Atlanta Christians to social action. Read full piece
Can the Religious Left Flip the Bible Belt?
Anger over Donald Trump’s leadership has created an opening for progressives to flip formerly solid-red states such as Georgia — and reclaim the identity of so-called values voters. Read full piece
John Lewis & the Masks Black Preachers Wear
John Lewis said in his posthumously penned op-ed: “Each of us has a moral obligation to stand up, speak up, and speak out.” This is why Black preaching and Black preachers matter.
Funeral for Rayshard Brooks to be Held at MLK’s Church
Rayshard Brooks, who was fatally shot by a police officer, is to be remembered today at the church in Atlanta, Georgia, where Martin Luther King Jr. once preached. Raphael Warnock, senior pastor at the church and a Democratic candidate for Senate, will deliver the eulogy.