Marcus Gill (born October 11, 1986) is an African-American pastor and musician.
Mr. Rivers and Bishop Blake concede that ministers in their group make up a small portion of African-American pastors.
Coretta Scott King's support of LGBT rights was strongly criticized by some African-American pastors.
As an African-American pastor supporting Mr. Bush, Mr. Humphrey may be an anomaly.
"The president definitely has some African-American pastors looking his way because of the social issues that he stands behind," he said.
Riverside's most recent senior minister, the Rev. James A. Forbes, smashed the church's color barrier by becoming its first African-American pastor.
This year, for the first time, an African-American pastor was asked to give the convention sermon, one of the keynote addresses.
They were led by Garfield Thomas Haywood, formerly the leading African-American pastor within the Assemblies of God.
In the 2006 election among Jackson's opponents was Libertarian Party candidate and African-American pastor Anthony Williams, an outspoken opponent of immigration.
Some also mentioned the longstanding role of African-American pastors in encouraging their members to vote for Democrats.