Christopher Bryant/Instagram just got baptized and became a minister — and no, it wasn’t in preparation for a movie role. On Saturday, Dec. 21, the star, 69, was baptized at the Kelly Temple Church of God in Christ, located in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.
He also was presented with a minister license, which will allow him to be ordained in the future. During the ceremony, which was live streamed via by the First Jurisdiction Church of God in Christ Eastern New York, Denzel — who was casually dressed in a gray T-shirt and black sweat pants — opened up to the congregation about embracing his faith just days ahead of his milestone 70th birthday. "In one week I turn 70,” he said, according to Archbishop Christopher Bryant, per .
“It took a while but I'm here." “If [God] can do this for me, there’s nothing He can’t do for you. The sky literally is the limit,” he added.
Denzel's wife, , was also in attendance for the special moment and tearfully talked about her husband’s spiritual journey and how proud she was to witness him taking this next step with his faith. “Forty-six years later, here I’m still standing next to him as only God will have it,” Pauletta said. “So I’m very proud of you.
You are the head of our house and you have set a great example for our children, who are now adult children who know the difference because we have shown them the difference.” Christopher Bryant/Instagram Related: Following the ceremony, which involv.