Church hosts food giveaway in honor of pastor who died from COVID-19 13wmaz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 13wmaz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Rev. Bryant Wardell Raines | Screenshot: Facebook/New Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church
Shockwaves of grief are still rippling through the black Baptist community in Georgia after Rev. Bryant Wardell Raines, a prominent local activist and leader of the New Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church in Macon, died last Wednesday from COVID-19 complications.
In his announcement of Raines’ death, Rev. Anthony Q. Corbett Sr., president of the General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia, an affiliate of the National Baptist Convention, said the late pastor had recently become the president of the convention’s sixth district.
“Your prayers and well wishes are requested for his wife, Sister Ilashia Raines along with their family, and the congregation of New Pilgrim Baptist Church,” Corbett said.