(ChurchLeaders) Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), senior pastor of historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, drew backlash on Easter for posting a now-deleted tweet that many labeled “heresy.”
“The meaning of Easter is more transcendent than the resurrection of Jesus Christ,” Warnock said in the tweet. “Whether you are a Christian or not, through a commitment to helping others we are able to save ourselves.”
The tweet started quite a discussion about the true meaning of the gospel and what the pastor meant by those words. Many people condemned Warnock’s statement as antithetical to Christian beliefs, while some of Warnock’s defenders shot back with their own accusations that true heresy is “idolatry of a cult leader” like former president Donald Trump.