A Way Out of No Way

A Memoir of Truth, Transformation, and the New American Story

By: Raphael G. Warnock

Narrated by: Raphael G. Warnock

On the heels of his historic election to the United States Senate, Raphael G. Warnock shares his remarkable spiritual and personal journey.

“Sparkling… a narrative of an extraordinary life, from impoverished beginnings in Savannah to his arrival on Capitol Hill. Along the way, he reflects with considerable candor and insight on the meaning and importance of faith, truth-telling and political and social redemption.”—The New York Times Book Review

“A compelling, insightful memoir that details an extraordinary journey.” —Bryan Stevenson

Senator Reverend Raphael G. Warnock occupies a singular place in American life. As senior pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, and now as a senator from Georgia, he is the rare voice who can call out the uncomfortable truths that shape contemporary American life and, at a time of division, summon us all to a higher moral ground.

Senator Warnock grew up in the Kayton Homes housing projects in Savannah, the eleventh of twelve children. His dad was a World War II veteran, and as a teenager his mom picked tobacco and cotton in rural Georgia. Both were Pentecostal preachers. After graduating from Morehouse College, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s alma mater, Senator Warnock studied for a decade at Union Theological Seminary while serving at Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church. At thirty-five, he became the senior pastor at Ebenezer, where Dr. King had preached and served.

In January 2021, Senator Warnock won a runoff election that flipped control of the Senate at one of the most pivotal moments in recent American history. He is the first Black senator from Georgia, only the eleventh Black senator in American history, and just the second Black senator from the South since Reconstruction. As he said in his maiden speech from the well of the senate, Senator Warnock’s improbable journey reflects the ongoing toggle between the pain and promise of the American story.

A powerful preacher and a leading voice for voting rights and democracy, Senator Warnock has a once-in-a-generation gift to inspire and lead us forward. A Way Out of No Way tells his remarkable story for the first time.

A Story that Needs to be Known!

Great on all accounts. more importantly, consuming in all the needed ways! inspirational and informative. This story gives us reason to need such a one in the halls of a system that must have more like him in order to survive!

The truth

A person who is not in the black struggle will not understand our struggle.

Educational and motivating

I feel motivated to get involved in my community and to vote. Thank you Senator Warnock

A way out of no way

What an amazing book. Thank Senator Raphael Warnock for this amazing story of your life. You explained in detail how if you apply yourself you can make a way when you see “no way’ God bless you.

Awesome!

This was a great experience to listen to! The information was informative and very interesting!!! Thank you, Elder Warnock!!!