{"id":28427,"date":"2025-08-06T16:37:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/?p=28427"},"modified":"2025-08-06T19:04:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T17:04:59","slug":"southern-african-campus-encounter-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/southern-african-campus-encounter-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern African Campus Encounter 2025"},"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\/lYFftochO-w?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\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Southern African campus ministries hosted their annual Campus Encounter, uniting around 160 students from Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe. 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