On Saturday, the Gladiator II star was baptized on the Kelly Temple Church of God in Christ positioned in New York Metropolis’s Harlem, per As we speak.

The 69-year-old obtained a certificates of baptism, in addition to a minister’s license, that means that he can later get ordained.

The service was livestreamed on Fb the place the actor was heard saying, per As we speak, “In a single week I flip 70. It took some time, however I am right here.”

“If [God] can do that for me, there’s nothing He cannot do for you. The sky actually is the restrict,” he added.

Washington additionally thanked his spouse Pauletta Washington, who bought up to talk about his journey together with his religion.

“Forty-six years later, right here I’m nonetheless standing subsequent to him as solely God can have it,” Pauletta mentioned. “So I am very pleased with you. You’re the head of our home and you’ve got set a terrific instance for our kids, who at the moment are grownup kids who know the distinction as a result of we’ve proven them the distinction.”

The award profitable actor opened up about his faith to Esquire final month and the way he believed it is not one thing that’s mentioned overtly via Hollywood.

“I am unafraid. I do not care what anybody thinks. See, speaking in regards to the concern a part of it — you’ll be able to’t discuss like that and win Oscars. You possibly can’t discuss like that and social gathering. You possibly can’t say that on this city,” he wrote in an essay relayed by the journal,” he mentioned.

“It isn’t modern. It isn’t attractive. However that does not imply folks in Hollywood do not imagine. There is not any such factor known as Hollywood anyway. What does that even imply? That to me means a avenue known as Hollywood Boulevard. It isn’t like all of us meet someplace and talk about what we imagine.”

“So I do not know what number of different actors have religion. I did not do no ballot. How would I discover that out? I imply, there’s no Church Actor Conferences I’ve been to,” he concluded.