{"id":26813,"date":"2025-04-23T10:32:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/?p=26813"},"modified":"2025-04-23T10:32:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:32:40","slug":"merced-christian-church-ministry-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/merced-christian-church-ministry-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Merced Christian Church Ministry Search"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mercer-church-1024x768.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mercer-church.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mercer-church.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mercer-church.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mercer-church.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/mercedchurch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Merced Christian Church<\/a> is a new planting in the Central Valley of California, led by John and Jan Oakes.\u00a0We are a very young church and have been growing. 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