Pastor-Senator Raphael Warnock Says, I am the Type of Christian Who Follows What Jesus Said in Matthew 25:40: “And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” He Says He Frequently Prays For and With His Fellow Members of Congress From Both His Own Party and the Republican Party. By the Way, Whatever Happened to Herschel Walker Who Warnock Defeated in a Bitter Georgia Run-Off? Daniel Whyte III, President of Gospel Light Society International, Says No True God-called Pastor Should be Involved in Politics Because Politics is Fraught With Lying and Compromising the Word of God To Curry Favor With People. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Dr. Billy Graham Changed the White House, the House of Representatives, the Senate, the Nation, and the World Through the “FOOLISHNESS OF PREACHING” FROM THE PULPIT Because They Understood That “No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.” Also, in Addition to Being in Politics, if Warnock is a Sodomite/Homosexual-Affirming Pastor and His Church is a Sodomite/Homosexual-Affirming Church He Should Get Out of the Ministry Altogether and be a Politician and Let a God-called Man be the Pastor Of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Church.
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) goes back to Atlanta every Sunday to lead the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church as senior pastor. He’s currently trying to balance his first full term on Capitol Hill with faith and politics.
The same pews that bore witness to sermons from Martin Luther King, Jr. during the civil rights movement now are filled with congregants and constituents watching a rising Democrat.
“Someone might ask ‘why would a preacher get involved in something as messy as politics?’ I’m a patriot. I love America. Only in America is my story possible. You’re looking at a kid who grew up in public housing. I serve in the United States Senate,” Warnock told CBN News during a congressional recess period when he was back in Georgia.
Warnock is battle tested. His recent re-election victory over opponent Herschel Walker needed a special runoff election to decide the outcome. It was the second time Warnock won under the circumstances in the last two election cycles. He won a special election in 2020 to become Georgia’s first black senator, and the first Democrat elected to represent the Peach State in the U.S. Senate in 20 years.
While the political victories raised his profile, Government wasn’t always part of the plan.
“I’m a Matthew 25 Christian. ‘In as much as you’ve done unto the least of the these, you’ve done it unto me.’ When you feed the hungry, clothe those who are naked, you visit those who are sick and in prison. And so that’s the work I’ve tried to do as a pastor. And what I’ve found over time is that my ministry at Ebenezer Baptist Church took me into the public square,” he said.
Warnock said his faith drives him when advocating for things like racial justice, reducing gun violence, and expanding healthcare. He frequently prays for and with his fellow members of Congress from both his own party and across the aisle.
One of his top priorities during his first few years in the Senate focused on capping insulin prices for Medicare recipients. The price was capped at $35 as a provision of the Inflation Reduction Act passed last year. He’s now pushing a bipartisan effort to get the drug price capped for people with private insurance.
Warnock and U.S. Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) are the upper chamber’s only two ordained ministers. There are three in the House. While the scriptures they read from are from the same book, the partisan divides remain on a variety of topics with none more evident than the issue of abortion.
Warnock labels himself as a pro-choice pastor.
“You have not been shy about saying you’re a pro-choice pastor. You know to some Christians out there at least, they’re probably sitting at home and saying this guy’s not a real Christian then,” CBN News asked the senator.
Source: CBN, Matt Galka
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