Georgia Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks at historic Ebenezer Baptist Church

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Georgia Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms spoke at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church on Sunday morning, thanking the congregation for its prayers and votes following her historic election.Bottoms became the first Black woman elected governor of Georgia and the first Black woman elected governor in U.S. history.Ebenezer Baptist Church is a cornerstone of the civil rights movement. Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, the church’s lead pastor, welcomed Bottoms to speak before the congregation.“Thank you, Ebenezer, for all your prayers and your votes,” Bottoms said, drawing cheers.The governor-elect described how her faith guided her campaign.“Pastor, when we began this campaign almost a year and a half ago, I didn’t know where the resources would come from. But I knew that I had prayed and God told me to go. It was moving me out of my comfort zone and I said repeatedly, ‘He won’t give vision without provision,’” she said.Walter Blackmon Jr., an usher and 40-