“Housing means dignity, security and dignity for so many across our country, but because of lack of generational wealth, many hardworking families are kept from living their dream of homeownership due to steep downpayment costs.”

American politician and Baptist minister

Raphael Warnock is an American politician and Mainline Protestant minister in the Baptist tradition. He has served as the junior United States senator from Georgia since 2021 and has been the senior pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church since 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, Warnock is known for combining public office with church leadership. His public profile is shaped by both roles, in government and in the pulpit, and by the moral language that often comes with that work.