From the Pulpit to Politics: Yolanda Pierce on the Future of the Religious Left

'Reverend Raphael Warnock made history after winning one of two Senate runoff elections in Georgia. The senior pastor of Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, Rev. Warnock will become the first Black Senator from the state, after a heated race against Republican Kelly Loeffler. The other Democratic Senate candidate—Jon Ossoff—was also declared the winner of his race, making him the first Jewish Senator from Georgia.  Rev. Warnock won’t be the first ordained member of the clergy to be in Congress. From Adam Clayton Powell Jr. to the late John Lewis, he joins a long legacy of people moving from behind the pulpit to the halls of the Capitol.  For more on the intersection of faith and progressive politics, The Takeaway spoke to Yolanda Pierce, the dean of the Howard University School of Divinity.'