{"id":12093,"date":"2023-03-23T20:08:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/?p=12093"},"modified":"2023-06-02T06:53:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T04:53:21","slug":"christian-ray-deb-flores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/christian-ray-deb-flores\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop Star, Entrepreneur and Minister: Christian Ray &amp; Deb Flores"},"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\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fgJdi37-Jww?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<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christian Ray and Deb Flores of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austinchristian.org\/tribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tribe in Austin, Texas<\/a> share their stories of finding Christ and finding each other, and how they use their talents to serve others through their church, the Ascend Mission Fund and Third Drive Media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch other powerful testimonies like theirs on the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLbAaNUlGM_tJennWSlz29BZbEs-tCcipQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disciples Today YouTube Channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian Ray and Deb Flores of the Tribe in Austin, Texas share their stories of finding Christ and finding each&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":12094,"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_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-12093","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\/03\/christian-ray-and-deb-flores.png?fit=1500%2C872&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"dtadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/author\/dtadmin\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phsvEw-393","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":104,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/communication-and-administration-service-team-report-february-2009\/","url_meta":{"origin":12093,"position":0},"title":"Communication and Administration Service Team Report February 2009","author":"Lai-Yan Faller","date":"February 6, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The ICOC Delegates appointed the Communication and Administration Service Team to meet needs of our churches to connect and cooperate with each other to build up the body of Christ.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23335,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/free-webinar-how-to-reinvent-recalibrate-your-career\/","url_meta":{"origin":12093,"position":1},"title":"Free Webinar: How to Reinvent &#038; 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