Keyword: clergyroundtable https://freerepublic.com/tag/clergyroundtable/ en-us Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:00:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 Pay for Pray: Black Pastor Paid $82,500 by Abdul El-Sayed Will Host Him at 'Clergy Round Table' as Democrat Struggles With Black Voters https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4393294/posts Call it pay for pray. Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will appear at a "clergy round table" this week with a black Detroit pastor to whom the El-Sayed campaign has quietly paid $82,500 for "strategic consulting," part of a gambit to help the far-left Democrat shore up his anemic support from black voters. Horace Sheffield, the pastor of New Destiny Christian Fellowship and father of Detroit's mayor, will host the event with El-Sayed at his church on Wednesday. The Ecumenical Ministers Alliance, Sheffield's nonprofit, is listed as an organizer of the event. It comes as El-Sayed and Sheffield have faced... Washington Free Beacon https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4393294/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:00:11 GMT