Ebenezer Baptist Church

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 (built 1999) with President Biden speaking
Ebenezer Baptist Church
33°45′19″N 84°22′27″W / 33.75528°N 84.37417°W / 33.75528; -84.37417
LocationAtlanta, Georgia
CountryUnited States
DenominationBaptist
AssociationsAmerican Baptist Churches USA, Progressive National Baptist Convention
Weekly attendance6,000
Websiteebenezeratl.org
History
Founded1886
Clergy
Senior pastorSenator Raphael Warnock

Ebenezer Baptist Church is a progressive 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 Sr. was pastor from the 1930s and co-pastor together with his sons Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from 1960 until his assassination in 1968 and A. D. King from 1968 until his death in 1969. It hosted the funerals of both Dr. King and, in its later expanded sanctuary, congressman John Lewis, and it is 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.

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