Ebenezer Baptist Church

Ebenezer Baptist Church is a Baptist megachurch located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, affiliated with the Progressive National Baptist Convention and American Baptist Churches USA. It was the church where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was co-pastor from 1960 until his assassination in 1968, the location of the funerals of both Dr. King and, in its later expanded sanctuary, congressman John Lewis, and the church for which United States Senator Raphael Warnock has been pastor since 2005. Its historic church building and expanded sanctuary building are located in the historic area designated as the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park.

This article is about the church in Atlanta, Georgia. For other uses, see Ebenezer Baptist Church (disambiguation).

Ebenezer Baptist Church
Service in 2023 in the Horizon Sanctuary with President Biden speaking
33°45′19″N 84°22′27″W
LocationAtlanta, Georgia
CountryUnited States
DenominationBaptist
AssociationsAmerican Baptist Churches USA, Progressive National Baptist Convention
Weekly attendance6,000
Websiteebenezeratl.org
History
Founded1886
Clergy
Senior pastor(s)The Honorable Reverend Doctor Senator Raphael Gamaliel Warnock
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