He described a vision of suffering, saying he felt as if a “giant hand” pulled him from despair. According to the Houston Chronicle, Foreman believed he was physically filled with the presence of a dying Christ, feeling his forehead pierced by thorns and his wrists nailed to the cross.
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“I knew that Jesus Christ was coming alive in me,” he said. “I ran into the shower, turned on the water, and—hallelujah!—I was born again…That happened in March 1977, and I never have been the same again.”
People quickly noticed a transformation in Foreman, once known for his aggression in and out of the ring. In 1980, he founded The Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in Houston, where he remained pastor.
In 2023, Foreman’s life story—from world heavyweight champion to preacher—was depicted in the film “Big George Foreman.”
