Tag: Abyssinian Baptist Church

Raphael Warnock Is a Pastor and Politician Who Sees Voting as Prayer

Raphael Warnock, a son of Savannah public housing who rose to become Georgia’s first Black senator, secured a full six-year term and a spot among Democrats’ rising stars.

Harlem Mourns the Rev. Calvin Butts III

Congregants and neighbors remembered a pastor who they said was determined to fight racism and lift up the Black community.

The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, Dynamic Harlem Pastor, Dies at 73

He led Abyssinian Baptist Church and helped revitalize his community by building housing, some of which he reserved for existing residents.