{"id":1736678,"date":"2022-11-13T06:09:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T11:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1736678"},"modified":"2022-11-13T07:18:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T12:18:44","slug":"sen-warnocks-church-could-face-consequences-for-failing-to-respond-to-georgia-secretary-of-state-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-warnocks-church-could-face-consequences-for-failing-to-respond-to-georgia-secretary-of-state-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Warnock\u2019s Church Could Face Consequences for Failing to Respond to Georgia Secretary of State Request"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-warnocks-church-could-face-consequences-for-failing-to-respond-to-georgia-secretary-of-state-request%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1736678&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/georgia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georgia Secretary of State<\/a> Brad Raffensperger will need to decide whether to subpoena the church of senatorial candidate Raphael Warnock after it failed to respond in writing to a legal inquiry on its charitable status.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/events\/charity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Secretary of State&#8217;s Securities and Charities Division<\/a> has demanded explanation from the Ebenezer Building Foundation \u2014 a foundation operated by Warnock&#8217;s Ebenezer Baptist Church \u2014 of its charitable status within the state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/apartments-owned-warnocks-church-evict-homeless-tenants-senator-receives-hefty-housing-stipend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>APARTMENTS OWNED BY WARNOCK&#8217;S CHURCH EVICT &#8216;HOMELESS&#8217; TENANTS WHILE SENATOR RECEIVES HEFTY HOUSING STIPEND<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/raphael-warnock-church.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>      <span class=\"copyright\">(Paras Griffin\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The Division&#8217;s records indicate that Ebenezer Building Foundation, Inc [&#8230;] is not registered as a charitable organization with the State of Georgia,&#8221; the Securities and Charities Division wrote in an Oct. 12 letter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Warnock is the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church and a principal officer of the Ebenezer Building Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/self-proclaimed-pro-choice-pastor-democrat-sen-warnock-wont-say-supports-limits-abortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>SELF-PROCLAIMED \u2018PRO-CHOICE PASTOR\u2019 DEMOCRAT SEN. WARNOCK WON&#8217;T SAY IF HE SUPPORTS ANY LIMITS ON ABORTION<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1439596707.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Sen. Raphael Warnock speaks to supporters as film director Spike Lee (R) listens during a canvass launch on Nov. 6, 2022, in Savannah, Georgia.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Sen. Raphael Warnock speaks to supporters as film director Spike Lee (R) listens during a canvass launch on Nov. 6, 2022, in Savannah, Georgia.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Oct. 12 letter continued, &#8220;Accordingly, if Ebenezer Building Foundation is soliciting charitable contributions and operating as a charitable organization in the State of Georgia without an active registration or applicable exemption, it is in violation of O.C.G.A. \u00a7 43-17-5, and therefore, is subject to administrative penalties under O.C.G.A. \u00a7 43-17-13.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Neither Ebenezer Baptist Church nor Ebenezer Building Foundation replied in writing by the Nov. 2 deadline.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/nbc-reporter-slammed-sidestepping-warnock-eviction-story-lack-curiosity-telling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NBC REPORTER SLAMMED FOR SIDESTEPPING WARNOCK \u00a0EVICTION STORY: &#8216;LACK OF CURIOUSITY IS TELLING&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/Georgia-Senate-Election-Results-Herschel-Walker-Raphael-Warnock.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaks during an election night watch party on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Atlanta. | Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock speaks during an election night watch party on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Atlanta.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaks during an election night watch party on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Atlanta. | Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock speaks during an election night watch party on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Atlanta.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Brynn Anderson | AP Photo\/John Bazemore)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Officials are now forced to decide whether to increase pressure on the foundation via subpoena if the state&#8217;s inquiries go unanswered, a spokesman for the state charities division said Thursday, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/warnocks-church-faces-subpoena-threat-as-georgia-runoff-campaign-kicks-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A dozen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/apartments-owned-warnocks-church-evict-homeless-tenants-senator-receives-hefty-housing-stipend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eviction lawsuits<\/a> were filed against residents between February 2020 and September 2022. One report included an eviction notice for a resident owing as little as $25.88 in past-due rent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1222261520.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Rev. Raphael G. Warnock delivers the eulogy for Rayshard Brooks at his funeral in Ebenezer Baptist Church on June 23, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Rev. Raphael G. Warnock delivers the eulogy for Rayshard Brooks at his funeral in Ebenezer Baptist Church on June 23, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Curtis Compton-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ebenezer Baptist Church, which pays Warnock a sizable $7,417 monthly housing allowance as its senior pastor, is 99% owner of the Columbia Tower at MLK Village, where residents have received eviction notices for owing as little as $25.88 in past-due rent, according to documents obtained by the Free Beacon.<\/p>\n<p>Eight tenants at Columbia Tower, which is also run by Columbia Residential and described as a haven for the &#8220;chronically homeless&#8221; and those afflicted with &#8220;mental disabilities,&#8221; have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/nbc-reporter-slammed-sidestepping-warnock-eviction-story-lack-curiosity-telling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued eviction notices<\/a> since early 2020 for owing an average of $125 in rent.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; Jon Brown contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and can email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger will need to decide whether to subpoena the church of senatorial candidate Raphael Warnock after it failed to respond in writing to a legal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1736681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1736678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1736678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1736681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1736678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1736678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1736678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}