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    "name": "Persecuted Church",
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            "title": "An Encouragement To Pray For The Persecuted Church",
            "url": "https:\/\/sermonindex.info\/SID25104",
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            "topic": "Persecuted Church",
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            "download": "https:\/\/sermonindex.info\/SID25104-download",
            "preacher_name": "K.P. Yohannan",
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            "preacher_description": "K.P. Yohannan ( - Present)\r\nListen to freely downloadable audio sermons by the speaker K.P. Yohannan in mp3 format. Dr. K.P. Yohannan, the Metropolitan Bishop of Believers Church, was born and brought up in Niranam, Kerala. Niranam has immense historical significance in the tradition of Saint Thomas, a disciple of Jesus Christ who planted the first church there in AD 52.  K.P. Yohannan dedicated his life to God at a young age to serve the needy and downtrodden. He prayed, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh my Lord, let my heart break with the things that break Your heart\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and his life was never the same. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s his belief that one can only demonstrate God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s love by loving people. After over four decades of selfless service, he says, I have no regrets in praying that prayer for I know God has touched millions through what He did in and through me. It is all God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s grace.\r\n\r\nHe spent the early years of his service in North India and traveled to the remote villages sharing the love of Christ and doing charitable works. Through numerous encounters during those years, he was instilled with an increasing passion to bring hope, peace, and comfort to the needy and deprived. His sacrificial commitment, farsightedness and aptitude to perceive helped him to lead a life of unhindered devotion to serve Christ and His church. K.P. Yohannan is also the voice of Athmeeya Yathra, touching millions through his daily radio and TV broadcasts. His 250 books offer practical and spiritual guidance on hundreds of subjects.",
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        },
        {
            "title": "Prevailing, Prayer, Persecuted Church",
            "url": "https:\/\/sermonindex.info\/SID21826",
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            "topic": "Persecuted Church",
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            "download": "https:\/\/sermonindex.info\/SID21826-download",
            "preacher_name": "John McGregor",
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            "preacher_description": "John McGregor ( - )\r\nListen to freely downloadable audio sermons by the speaker John McGregor in mp3 format.  At John McGregor Ministries, we are focused on providing renewal  services with the highest levels of integrity \u2013 we will do everything we can to seek the Face of God (2 Chron. 7:14) With 40 years of experience in ministry  we\u2019re sure you\u2019ll find working with us can bring encouragement and strength to your church or organization. Look around our website and if you have any comments or questions, please feel free to contact us. We hope to see you again! Check back later for new updates to our website. There\u2019s much more to come!\r\nJohn McGregor has a world-wide preaching schedule and enjoys traveling to the four corners of the earth to share the Gospel of God. John has worked closely with Billy Graham Ministries, Canadian Revival Fellowship and has been serving Glencairn as full time Lead pastor since 2009. He has a deep passion to see people introduced to Jesus and desires to nurture the love of God in each person he meets.",
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        },
        {
            "title": "The Beauty of Nothing",
            "url": "https:\/\/sermonindex.info\/SID4325",
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            "topic": "Persecuted Church",
            "description": "Pastor Wurmbrand shares his experiences in jail for 14 years by the communists. He shares a specific facet of his testimony which was the nothingness they were faced with in jail. No bibles, No fellowship, No communion, No sound. But admist this all the Lord Jesus Christ revealed himself to the prisoners and allowed them to experience him and even take communion. This message will stir you out of apathy and grumbling over our little issues in life that are nothing in comparision with what this brother went through. May this message show us the needs to pray and support the persecuted church. \"It is a shame to be a luke-warm Christian\".",
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            "preacher_name": "Richard Wurmbrand",
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            "preacher_description": "Richard Wurmbrand (1909 - 2001)\r\nListen to freely downloadable audio sermons by the speaker Richard Wurmbrand in mp3 format. Was a Romanian Christian minister of Jewish descent. He was a youth during a time of anti-Semitic activity in Romania, but it was later, after becoming a believer in Jesus Christ as Messiah, and daring to publicly say that Communism and Christianity were not compatible, that he experienced imprisonment and torture for his beliefs. After serving five years of a second prison sentence, he was ransomed for $10,000.\r\nHis colleagues in Romania urged him to leave the country and work for religious freedom from a location less personally dangerous. After spending time in Norway and England, he and his wife Sabina, who had also been imprisoned, emigrated to America and dedicated the rest of their lives to publicizing and helping Christians who are persecuted for their beliefs. He wrote more than 18 books, the most widely known being Tortured for Christ. Variations of his works have been translated into more than 60 languages. He founded the international organization Voice of the Martyrs, which continues to aid Christians around the world who are persecuted for their faith.",
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        },
        {
            "title": "The Persecuted Church in the End Times",
            "url": "https:\/\/sermonindex.info\/SID26369",
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            "scripture": "Revelation 6:9",
            "topic": "Persecuted Church",
            "description": "Brother David shares a stirring message on the current persecution of the Church of Jesus Christ. He clearly shows from Scripture there will be a world-wide persecution of Christians in the end-times. That this world-wide persecution will be one of the great signs of the soon coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. He shares even for America that persecution is increasing and potentially coming very soon.",
            "download": "https:\/\/sermonindex.info\/SID26369-download",
            "preacher_name": "David R. Barnhart",
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            "preacher_description": "David R. Barnhart ( - )\r\nListen to freely downloadable audio sermons by the speaker David R. Barnhart in mp3 format. David R. Barnhart is the founder of Abiding Word Ministries. Pastor Barnhart was pastor of Peace Lutheran Church from 2002 - 2005, and has come out of retirement from full time Pastoral ministry in order to serve as our interim pastor until the search for a new pastor is completed. Pastor Barnhart celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination as a Pastor in March, 2014. Ordained by the Lutheran Church in America in 1964, he pastored churches in that denomination for 20 years. In 1984, Pastor Barnhart withdrew from the Lutheran Church in America and united with the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations (AFLC). \r\nHe and his wife, Mary, established Abiding Word Ministries that same  year. Abiding Word Ministries exists to promote revival and reformation throughout the Church. Pastor Barnhart publishes a newsletter called The Vine and Branches which is mailed to approximately 7500 homes throughout the United States and Canada. Abiding Word Ministry counsels pastors, congregations and laity who desire to take their stand against false teachings and unbiblical practices within their church bodies. He is the author of several articles and books, including Living in the Times of the Signs and  Contending for the Faith, The Church's Desperate Need for Revival, and Israel, Land of Promise and Prophecy.",
            "_scripture": [
                {
                    "book": "Revelation",
                    "chapter": "6"
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        }
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