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Raphael Warnock's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center
100 Alabama Street SW, Suite 3R8
Atlanta, GA 30303

Russell Senate Office Building
Suite 416
Washington, DC 20510

Full Name:

Raphael Gamaliel Warnock

Gender:

Male

Family:

Divorced: Ouyele Ndoye; 2 Children

Birth Date:

07/23/1969

Birth Place:

Savannah, GA

Home City:

Savannah, GA

Religion:

Baptist

MDiv/MPhil, Union Theological Seminary

PhD, Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary

BA, Psychology, Morehouse College, 1991

Senator, United States Senate, Georgia, 2021-present

Candidate, United States Senate, Georgia, 2022

Former Member, Subcommittee on Space and Science

Senior Pastor, Ebenezer Baptist Church, 2005-present

Former Youth Pastor/Assistant Pastor, Abyssinian Baptist Church of New York City

Former Senior Pastor, Douglas Memorial Community Church of Baltimore

Former Intern, Sixth Avenue Baptist Church of Birmingham, Alabama

Member, 100 Black Men of Atlanta, Incorporated, present

Member, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, present

Member, Martin Luther King, Junior Board of Preachers, present

Lifetime Member, NAACP, present

Graduate, Greater Baltimore Committee Leadership Program

Graduate, Leadership Atlanta

Member, National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS

Graduate, Summer Leadership Institute of Harvard University

Chair, New Georgia Project, 2017-2020

Awards:

International Civil Rights Walk of Fame; Atlanta's 55 Most Powerful, Atlanta magazine; New Kingdom Voices, Gospel Today magazine; God's Trombones, Rainbow Push Coalition; Good Shepherd, Associated Black Charities; Chosen Pastors, The Gospel Choice Awards; A Man of Influence, Atlanta Business League; The Root 100, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; Top 10 Most Influential Black Ministers, Loop 21; 20 Top African American Church Leaders, TheRoot.com; Reverend Dr. William A. Jones Justice Award, National Action Network; National TRIO Achiever Award

Father's Occupation:

Veteran, Small Business Owner, and Preacher

Publications:

The Divided Mind of the Black Church; Theology, Piety & Public Witness (NYU Press, 2014)

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