AtlantaBig Bethel教会10月25日办「灵魂去投票」 夏普顿将主讲晨间礼拜
Atlanta——据主办方10月15日发布的公告，位于AtlantaSweet Auburn历史街区的Big Bethel非裔卫理公会教堂（Big Bethel AME Church）将于10月25日（周日）举行「灵魂去投票」（Souls to the Polls）活动，把晨间礼拜、免费人工智能通识培训与前往提前投票点的车队安排在同一天举行。佐治亚州的提前投票已于10月13日开始。
活动由该堂主任牧师乔纳森·C·奥古斯丁（Jonathan C. Augustine）主持，全国行动网络主席、民权牧师阿尔·夏普顿（Al Sharpton）将主讲上午10时的晨间礼拜，地点为奥本大道东北220号的Big Bethel教堂。礼拜结束后，下午1时在Bishop Hall举行人工智能通识培训，1时30分车队集合出发，终点为庞塞德莱昂大道东北980号的Joan P. Garner图书馆提前投票点。
奥古斯丁在公告中表示，黑人教会的传统不止于教堂的四面墙之内，信仰应当推动信徒走出去参与公共生活。公告同时提到，佐治亚州2020年总统选举的胜负差距仅为11,779票。
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Atlanta's Big Bethel AME to Host Souls to the Polls on October 25, With Sharpton Preaching the Morning Service
ATLANTA — Big Bethel AME Church in Atlanta's historic Sweet Auburn district will host a Souls to the Polls event on Sunday, October 25, combining morning worship, a free artificial-intelligence fluency training session and a caravan to an early-voting site, according to an announcement released October 15. Early voting in Georgia began on October 13.
The event will be hosted by senior pastor Dr. Jonathan C. Augustine. The Rev. Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network, will deliver the morning sermon at the 10 a.m. worship service at the church, at 220 Auburn Ave. NE. An AI fluency training session follows at 1 p.m. in Bishop Hall, and the caravan lines up at 1:30 p.m., concluding at the Joan P. Garner Library early-voting location at 980 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE.
Augustine said in the announcement that the Black church's ministry has never been limited to what happens inside its sanctuary walls, and that faith should move congregants to take part in public life. The announcement also noted that Georgia's 2020 presidential contest was decided by 11,779 votes.
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来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：阿尔·夏普顿在NAACP活动上致辞（2024年11月，资料照片）· CC BY 2.0，维基共享资源
