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Senate race thrusts 'Black America's church' into spotlight
Read full article: Senate race thrusts 'Black America's church' into spotlightIt took a high-stakes Senate race and a Trump-era cultural debate to thrust Ebenezer Baptist Church into the center of the current political debate. โThe Republican attack is not just against Warnock, itโs against the Black church and the Black religious experience,โ said the Rev. โItโs bigger than any individual.โLoeffler has responded, saying in a tweet last month that she isn't attacking the Black church. Since before the abolition of slavery, the Black church has played a role in brokering congregants' relationship to political power. Itโs not uncommon for politicians, most often Democrats, to campaign from Black church pulpits.