{"id":1437,"date":"2020-06-10T13:39:48","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T17:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/?p=1437"},"modified":"2020-06-10T13:40:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T17:40:14","slug":"church-services-baptisms-being-held-at-site-of-george-floyds-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2020\/06\/church-services-baptisms-being-held-at-site-of-george-floyds-death.html","title":{"rendered":"Church Services, Baptisms Being Held at Site of George Floyd&#8217;s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last two weeks, the world has watched and listened as protests popped up in support of Black Lives Matter. Some of these demonstrations resulted in violence, but we&#8217;re also seeing testimonies of faith and love. Lives are being changed at the intersection where George Floyd died while in the custody of police officers on Memorial Day.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds are gathering at the street corner to proclaim God&#8217;s love through worship and baptisms. Joel Bomberger, a preacher with Circuit Riders, was able to capture one of the powerful moments on camera.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A team of our Circuit Riders went to Minneapolis to hold open-air preaching of Jesus and healing calls at the intersection where George Floyd was killed,&#8221; Bomberger reports. &#8220;There are too many testimonies to recount!! They were able to preach to thousands and saw hundreds responding to the Gospel of Jesus!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FJoelbomberger%2Fposts%2F10157766633256773&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"695\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Bomberger said, &#8220;Dozens and dozens of people healed, filled with hope, changed, and born again by the power of Jesus this weekend in Minneapolis!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Twitter user Brandon Marlow shared additional photos of the gatherings, using the hashtag &#8220;#OnlyJesus&#8221; to further share the powerful moment of unity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Prayer, worship, and baptisms happening on the streets of Minneapolis. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OnlyJesus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OnlyJesus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9OpftoULgY\">pic.twitter.com\/9OpftoULgY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brandon Marlow (@MarlowCF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarlowCF\/status\/1270406453816365056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Other ministries, such as Youth With a Mission (YWAM) are also showing up to hold daily services at the epicenter of the protest. Christophe Ulysse, a leader with YWAM, said they are seeing real change.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going from pain and hatred to healing and hope,&#8221; Ulysse, a Black Christian leader, said. &#8220;There&#8217;s this new narrative of the gospel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to show that we can affect positive change,&#8221; Ulysse said. &#8220;You have a voice and you can go to the nations. You can carry this on. We\u2019re empowering them to be carriers of hope.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ulysse believes we are living in a historic time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I came here and I was broken,&#8221; Ulysse explained. &#8220;It affects team members differently, but those of us of color, as we&#8217;re here, we&#8217;re watching the change happen through the gospel. My heart is so filled with hope. Those in the neighborhood are saying this is unprecedented unity. They&#8217;re feeling an outpouring of love and hope from this nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For us, there is this deep conviction that we have tried everything to deal w\/ this issue. We&#8217;ve tried politics, we&#8217;ve tried economics, and we&#8217;ve tried social reform,&#8221; Ulysse, who recalls the Rodney King riots as a kid, said. &#8220;It&#8217;s the same thing over and over. We have to go back to what actually works.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last two weeks, the world has watched and listened as protests popped up in support of Black Lives Matter. Some of these demonstrations resulted in violence, but we&#8217;re also seeing testimonies of faith and love. 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