Denzel Washington gets baptized and licensed as a minister at the Harlem Church

The religious event was broadcast live.

Last Saturday, December 21, Denzel Washington officially expressed his faith. The actor was licensed to minister in a church in Harlem, New York, and was baptized. Before the religious service began, the 69-year-old addressed the audience at the Kelly Temple Church of God in Chris, according to PEOPLE Magazine. The First Jurisdiction Church of God in Christ Eastern New York provided live streaming for the event.

The Gladiator II star told Archbishop Christopher Bryant, as reported by Page Six, “I turn 70 in one week.” “I’m here, but it took a while.” “There is nothing that [God] cannot do for you if He can do this for me,” he went on. The limit is practically the sky.

Pauletta Washington, his wife, also posted a comment, saying, “I’m very proud of you because, as only God will allow, I’m still standing next to him 46 years later.” As the head of our household, you have set a wonderful example for our kids, who are now grown adults who understand the difference because we have taught them.

The occasion occurs weeks after the well-known actor revealed his religious beliefs in an interview with Esquire. The New York native went into detail on how he developed his faith while working in the entertainment world, using his own words.

But my choices of roles have always been influenced by my beliefs. Always. God has always guided me, and the majority of my performances are infused with faith. Despite my role as the devil. “The wages of sin is death” is what I put on the cover of my Training Day shooting screenplay, which I still have. Death is the penalty for sin. And now, after all these years, I play another villain in another fantastic film, Gladiator II,” Washington said.

“I search for the light in even the darkest stories.”