{"id":5979,"date":"2014-08-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/2014\/08\/17\/suffering-for-the-name-prem-s-story\/"},"modified":"2023-09-24T07:19:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T05:19:55","slug":"suffering-for-the-name-prem-s-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/suffering-for-the-name-prem-s-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Suffering for the Name: Prem&#039;s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two brothers in Bangalore learned what it means to suffer for the name of Christ after sharing their faith one afternoon. After evangelizing to a mysterious man, a group of men surrounded them, beat them publicly, and then allowed the police to arrest and imprison them under false accusations. Both brothers lived to tell the tale, and one of them, Prem, shared the story with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icochotnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> ICOC HotNews<\/a>. <\/p><p><i> Shared by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icochotnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICOC HotNews<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TSGQdKg7I94\" title=\"Suffering for the Name (2): Prem's Story  | International Church of Christ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two brothers in Bangalore learned what it means to suffer for the name of Christ after sharing their faith one&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":5980,"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":[53],"post_folder":[151],"class_list":["post-5979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-testimonials","tag-asia"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/premsstoryicochotnews.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"dtadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/author\/dtadmin\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phsvEw-1yr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3577,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/suffering-for-the-name-nalani-s-story\/","url_meta":{"origin":5979,"position":0},"title":"Suffering for the Name: Nalani&#8217;s Story","author":"dtadmin","date":"August 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"When Nalani, a sister in Chennai, decided to start following Jesus she immediately faced serious persecution from her father. 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