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Ebenezer Baptist Church

101 Jackson Street, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30312 USA

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“Martin Luther King's spiritual home”

Throughout its long history, Ebenezer Baptist Church, located in Atlanta, Georiga, has been a spiritual home to many citizens of the "Sweet Auburn" community. Its most famous member, Martin Luther King, Jr., was baptized as a child in the church. After giving a trial sermon to the congregation at Ebenezer at the age of 19 Martin was ordained as a minister. In 1960 Dr. King, Jr. became a co-pastor of Ebenezer with his father, "Daddy" King. He remained in that position until his death in 1968. As a final farewell to his spiritual home Dr. King, Jr.'s funeral was held in the church.

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Tatiana Danger

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September 02, 2014

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Located at 407 Auburn Ave. Ebenezer church, built in 1922 has been restored in recent years and sees visitors from all walks of life. Dr. King was baptized there as a boy and there he inherited his pastorship from his father Martin Luther King Sr. It was from that pulpit that he found the teachings of God to become the foundation in his belief in Civil Equality. Since his first sermon at the age of 19, Martin Luther King had been an ordained minister at Ebenezer Church. It is also a place to pay ones respects as Dr. King’s speeches play in the background. It was at his beloved church that Dr. King was laid to rest in 1968.

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