Rev. Dr. Robert L. Manaway Sr., a longtime Central District pastor and community leader, is being recognized by the City of Seattle with an honorary street designation for his more than four decades of service and leadership in the Central District and Seattle’s Black community.
The Seattle City Council unanimously approved the designation in an 8-0 vote, naming a stretch of South Jackson Street between 28th Avenue South and 29th Avenue South as “Dr. RL Manaway, Sr. Way.”
Manaway has served as senior pastor of Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church since 1983, leading the congregation through more than four decades of growth and transition. When he arrived, the church had approximately 125 members. Today, it has grown to more than 1,700 members while expanding its role beyond worship to include housing support, outreach and community-based services…