Faithwire
  • Watch
  • Go!
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletter
  • Contact Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • SCOTUS
  • Life
  • Religious Liberty
  • News
  • Politics
  • Faith
  • Opinion

‘I Just Want to Be With Jesus!’: Suicidal Transgender Miraculously Saved by Christian Rappers Andy Mineo and Lecrae

Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Dove Awards
Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Dove Awards
Share Tweet
By Billy Hallowell
Editor

September 8, 2017

Christian rappers Andy Mineo and Lecrae are speaking out about how they were recently in the right place at the right time and ended up saving the life of a transgender woman who was about to jump off of a New York City bridge.

READ: Three Words in Planned Parenthood’s DACA Response Reveal a Glaring Irony — and Twitter Noticed IMMEDIATELY

The harrowing moment unfolded on September 4 when the two were walking across a Manhattan bridge and noticed a half-naked individual who was trying to climb over one of the bridge’s guardrails.

Mineo and Lecrae immediately jumped into action, CBN News reported.

We just wrestled someone from jumping off a bridge. Yo I'm tripping!!

— Lecrae (@lecrae) August 31, 2017

“She starts to climb over the guardrail to jump,” Mineo said in a Sept. 5 Facebook video. “Lecrae reaches his long seven-foot arms and grabs her and says, ‘No,’ and pulls her back and I start grabbing her.”

And as the rappers attempted to restrain the transgender woman, the individual said something that deeply struck them.

“As we start wrestling this woman off of the bridge, we start hearing her scream out, ‘I just want to go home. I just want to be with Jesus. I don’t want to live anymore,” Mineo recounted, noting that both he and Lecrae started responding with comments like, “No, you matter,” “You’re meant to be here” and “You’re already home — Jesus loves you.”

Someone else watching the scene unfold called 911 and the police came to address the situation. In the end, the cops commended Mineo and Lecrae for saving the person’s life.

Watch Mineo explain what unfolded below:

My plug for the book "Single Gay Christian" from by Gregory Coles & InterVarsity Press "a personal journey of faith & sexual identity."I also shared my own story of an encounter Lecrae & I had w a suicidal transgender person that happened this week.Faith should compel us to listen & love the marginalized.Book link: Single, Gay, Christian: A Personal Journey of Faith and Sexual Identity https://www.amazon.com/dp/0830845127/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_ksTRzb5QE9B27Check out other resources from ppl who are doing work in these areas The Ken Fong Project or Jackie Hill-Perry or Sam Allberry.

Posted by Andy Mineo on Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Mineo, who said the person “seemed to be deeply distraught but also had a love for Jesus,” encouraged Christians to love those struggling with issues of sexuality and identity.

“If you can be critical and judgmental of hurting people, I have to truly wonder if you’re even a Christian,” he said, encouraging all broken people to come to Jesus.

Latest

  • News

    Leading Gender Dysphoria Expert Says Majority of Children Outgrow Sex Confusion

  • culture

    ‘I…Won’t Be Competing’: ‘Soul Surfer’ Legend Bethany Hamilton Speaks Out Against League’s New Trans Policy

  • News

    The Chosen’s Season Three Finale Lands in Top 10 in Weekend Box Office

  • Entertainment

    ‘Full-On, Openly Satanic’: Sam Smith ‘Unholy’ Grammy Performance With Devils, Horns Called ‘Diabolical’

  • News

    ‘It Blows My Mind’: Complete Strangers Miraculously Save Hockey Player During Pick-Up Game


Sponsored
Sponsored

Newsletter
Signup

Sidebar

Recent Posts

  • Leading Gender Dysphoria Expert Says Majority of Children Outgrow Sex Confusion
  • ‘I…Won’t Be Competing’: ‘Soul Surfer’ Legend Bethany Hamilton Speaks Out Against League’s New Trans Policy
  • The Chosen’s Season Three Finale Lands in Top 10 in Weekend Box Office
  • ‘Full-On, Openly Satanic’: Sam Smith ‘Unholy’ Grammy Performance With Devils, Horns Called ‘Diabolical’
  • ‘It Blows My Mind’: Complete Strangers Miraculously Save Hockey Player During Pick-Up Game

Archives

  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016

Categories

  • Christian Persecution
  • Coronavirus
  • culture
  • Culture
  • Entertainment
  • Faith
  • Faith
  • Family
  • George Floyd
  • Go!
  • Israel
  • Life
  • Life
  • Lifestyle
  • Media
  • Men
  • Mission Haiti
  • News
  • News
  • Opinion
  • P.O.V
  • Politics
  • Politics
  • Sponsored
  • Sports
  • Virtue
  • Women

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Navigation

  • Watch
  • Go!
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletter
  • Contact Us
  • Staff
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram

Subscribe to the Newsletter

Sign up to get our newsletter your inbox every day.

Newsletter Signup

Do you want to read
more articles like this?