Photo: U.S. Senate Photographic Studio, Rebecca Hammel / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
What strikes me about Raphael Warnock is the unbroken line from pulpit to podium. Decades of preaching at Ebenezer Baptist Church—Dr. King's congregation—trained him in something most politicians never master: speaking to people rather than at them. Becoming Georgia's first Black senator was historic, but I am more interested in the craft underneath the history, the way pastoral rhetoric translates into retail politics. Whatever one thinks of his votes, his career embodies a distinctly American tradition where faith, civil rights, and electoral power braid together. Writers, pastors, and politicians all trade in persuasion; Warnock is rare for practicing all three at a professional level.
Overview
Raphael Gamaliel Warnock ( RAH-fee-el WOR-nok; born July 23, 1969) is an American politician and Baptist pastor serving as the junior United States senator from Georgia, a seat he has held since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Warnock has been the senior pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church since 2005. Warnock was the senior pastor of Douglas Memorial Community Church from 2001 to 2005.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Raphael Warnock
- Name (Japanese)
- ラファエル・ウォーノック
- Reading
- らふぁえる・うぉーのっく
- Born
- July 23, 1969 (age 56)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Rooster
- Origin
- Savannah, Georgia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- writer / pastor / politician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Sol C. Johnson High School
- University
- Morehouse College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://warnockforgeorgia.com
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/raphaelwarnock/
- Xhttps://x.com/ReverendWarnock
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael%20Warnock
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.