George Floyd Was a Bible-Believing Christian with a History of Ministry Work

A chain portrait of George Floyd is part of the memorial for him, Wednesday, May 27, 2020, near the site of the arrest of Floyd who died in police custody Monday night in Minneapolis after video shared online by a bystander showed a white officer kneeling on his neck during his arrest as he pleaded that he couldn't breathe. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

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Too often, the stories of lives lost become headlines we scroll through and statistics that end up in a heap of numbers. But we need to remember who they are; we need to know 46-year-old George Floyd.

He was choked to death by the knee of a police officer in Minneapolis on Monday. While most Americans know him through cell phone footage capturing his final moments, others — particularly those in ministry in his hometown of Houston — knew him to be a “person of peace” who, for decades, mentored young men living in rough areas, according to Christianity Today. Continue reading…