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  • Minneapolis pastor leads in peaceful protests after Floyd's death
    by Diana Chandler, posted Friday, May 29, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    MINNEAPOLIS (BP) -- Pastor W. Seth Martin sat on guard in his front room until 3 a.m. Friday in case rioters approached his home, which is located just a block from where George Floyd was detained by police and died.

    "I would, prayerfully, if it was outside, I would petition and seek the peace for my street," said Martin, who is also a young husband and father. "I'm a black man who is grieving and this is closer to me as a black man. I would seek peace in that way, but also, I would protect my family. If peace wasn't possible, I would obviously make sure I protected my family and put them in the safest position possible." Read More

  • Pastors urge prayer, Gospel outreach as outrage grows over George Floyd's death
    by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, May 27, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    MINNEAPOLIS (BP) -- Southern Baptist leaders are lamenting the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in Minneapolis after a white police officer used a knee to pin his neck to the pavement for several minutes.

    Floyd had repeatedly said he could not breathe. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: Image-bearers of God
    by Marshal Ausberry, posted Wednesday, May 27, 2020 (4 years ago)

    'My Christian worldview dictates that all human life is sacred,' Marshal Ausberry says. 'That is why I am disturbed, brokenhearted and deeply grieved when I see and read that another black man's sacred life has been unjustly snuffed out.' Read More