This week on Bankole’s Nation, journalist Bankole Thompson offers an analysis of the Detroit Council of Baptist Pastors & Vicinity’s endorsement of Mary Sheffield for mayor ofDetroit, over Solomon Kinloch, the senior pastor of Triumph Church.

Thompson, who has in-depth knowledge of Detroit's clergy group, discusses what the endorsement signifies, given thegroup’s inaction on various issues affecting Detroiters. He provides a historical and current perspective of the Black church. He explains why he believes that the Detroit Council of Baptist Pastors & Vicinity, under the current leadership of Rev. Richard White, has not met the expectations ofstruggling Detroiters.

In the analysis, Thompson explains a litany of issues that the pastor’s group could address beyond simply making a symbolic gesture through a political endorsement. He references several pastors in the city’s recent history whoshowed moral courage and clarity by directly advocating for the underserved, including the group’s former president, thelate Rev. Joseph Jordan.