But they are around someone else s agenda, to muffle any resistance, he said. Others believe a new generation of leadership has already stepped forward. I have had strong relationships with my city and state officials, but we have never sold out, Trotter said. I have a great rapport with politicians. It may or may not be because we have 5,000 people, and they have voting power.
People are power.
Bullock of Progressive Baptist believes he is following his spiritual call. That s not the Lord I serve. The church, the independent church, has to engage in public policy debates, he said. I look at the life of Jesus. He was for the little shots, not the big shots.