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Detroit area ministers endorse Rick Snyder
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct 29, 2010
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Detroit area ministers endorse Rick Snyder
DETROIT, MI – More than 30 influential Detroit and area ministers today endorsed Rick Snyder for
governor, citing his focus on jobs, commitment to restoring Michigan’s central cities and promise to
bring an end to the urban-versus-suburban battle that has plagued the state’s political scene for far too
long.
“I am backing Rick Snyder because of his business background and his ability to bring jobs back to our
cities,” said Pastor Joseph Jordan of Corinthian Baptist Church in Hamtramck. “Rick exhibits the kind
of leadership the state desperately needs.”
Pastor Henry Fuller, Jr. of Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church of Flint added: “We are at a
juncture in the nation and state where too many people want to go in different directions and it is
tearing us apart – I think we need the broadest leadership we can get. Rick Snyder is the guy who can
bring people together. I thank the Father for giving Rick the temperament to lead us through these
difficult times.”
Snyder, who lived in the Detroit area while working as an accountant for tax firm Coopers & Lybrand,
now PricewaterhouseCoopers, said rebuilding the city is essential to rebuilding the state.
“Michigan will not be a great state again until Detroit is on the path to being a great city again,” Snyder
said.
Snyder has made helping Michigan’s urban cities a cornerstone of his campaign for governor. In a
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policy whitepaper available on his campaign website, Snyder proposes a series of reforms aimed at
improving transportation, providing better police protection, supporting the arts and breaking down
barriers to redevelopment. The full plan is available to read or download at www.rickformichigan.com
under the “Plan and Vision” section.
“Young college graduates increasingly want to live and work in big cities – even if only for a short while
before starting a family – and we are losing them to other states,” Snyder said. “Chicago is home to
the largest population of MSU students in the world – imagine how much better off the state would be
if all that talent and energy was here in Michigan,” Snyder said.
At a campaign stop in Detroit, Snyder thanked the ministers for their endorsement and pledged to work
together as partners to Reinvent Michigan.
Ministers endorsing Rick Snyder:
Pastor Jerome Warfield, Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Pastor John Duckworth, Gethsemane Baptist Church, Westland
Pastor Stephens, New Birth Baptist Church, Inkster
Pastor Eric Moore
Bishop E. Vann, 2 nd Ebenezer Church
Pastor Christopher Brooks, Evangelical Ministries
Bishop Murphy, New Mt. Moriah
Supt. Marcus Ways, C.O.G.I.C.
Pastor Henry Fuller, Wolverine Street Convention
Pastor W. Cheeks, St. Peter’s Miss Baptist Church
Pastor L. Lester, New Grace Baptist Church
Reverend Coletta Vaughn
Reverend Oscar King, III, Northwest Unity Baptist Church
Pastor Joseph Jordan, Corinthian Baptist Church
Reverend Dee Dee Coleman, Russell Street Baptist Church
Reverend Edward Knox, New Mt...Vernon Baptist Church
Reverend Allyson Abrams, Zion Progressive Baptist Church
Reverend Lovejoy Johnson, New Bethlehem Baptist Church
Reverend James Younger, Wayside Baptist Church
Reverend Richard White, Great Moron Baptist Church
Reverend Sandra Fox, Russell Street Baptist Church
Reverend Edward Holmes, Renaissance Baptist Church
Reverend Ruth Mosley, West Side Unity Church
Dr. Connie Calloway
Reverend Jim Holley, Historic Little Rock Baptist Church
Reverend Luther Puckett, Green Grove Baptist Church
Reverend Samuel Turner, Mayflower Baptist Church
Pastor Derrick Pitts, New Genesis of Hope C.C.
Pastor Darryl Hubbard, Living Flow Ministries
Elder Walter Murphy, Elim Christian Center
Pastor Jeff Lang, Southside Christian Church
Pastor Carnell Shumnate, New Testament Baptist Church
Pastor Donald Wilson, House of Prayer & Worship
Reverend William Revely, Holy Hope Baptist Church
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