{"id":11996,"date":"2021-06-01T16:43:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T14:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/?p=11996"},"modified":"2023-06-02T07:00:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T05:00:59","slug":"why-i-left-the-icoc-and-came-back-ryan-hoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/why-i-left-the-icoc-and-came-back-ryan-hoke\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Left the ICOC and Came Back \u2013 Ryan Hoke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1kHQksHpy6A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ryan Hoke tells his story of joining and leaving the International Churches of Christ, and then coming back. Find more stories like his on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzsBvzYRKxU0wHYCSkv7Elw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disciples Today YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Hoke tells his story of joining and leaving the International Churches of Christ, and then coming back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":11125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"post_folder":[151],"class_list":["post-11996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-testimonials"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ryan-hoke.jpg?fit=1600%2C905&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"dtadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/author\/dtadmin\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phsvEw-37u","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3571,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/everything-is-possible-a-reconciliation-story\/","url_meta":{"origin":11996,"position":0},"title":"&quot;Everything is Possible&quot;: A Reconciliation Story","author":"dtadmin","date":"August 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"This is third in a series of miracle stories shown at the 2014 New England Christian Conference, \"Everything is Possible.\" In this video, the Renshaw family of the Worcester County Church of Christ tells their story of redemption: from divorce, walking away from God, and an unplanned teen pregnancy, God\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Testimonials&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Testimonials","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/category\/testimonials\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/9432d3a3-d37b-412c-9396-60f9a4838273.png?fit=570%2C323&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/9432d3a3-d37b-412c-9396-60f9a4838273.png?fit=570%2C323&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/9432d3a3-d37b-412c-9396-60f9a4838273.png?fit=570%2C323&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2088,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/history-gives-us-hope\/","url_meta":{"origin":11996,"position":1},"title":"History Gives Us Hope","author":"dtadmin","date":"February 14, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the truly amazing things about the Bible is that it tells the good, the bad and the ugly and yet provides the greatest hope of all time. 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