{"id":172,"date":"2019-08-20T23:43:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T23:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/bdm\/?page_id=172"},"modified":"2025-11-05T15:24:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:24:51","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bdm\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.5&appId=1641983936050416\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script>\n\n\n\n<style>\n#mainBDM .news-list h1 {\n  font-size: 1.25em;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"row\" id=\"mainBDM\">\n      <div class=\"col-md-4 order-md-12\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n         <iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OZBxR_xaxk4?si=dH6OsAmw4_HY7xqm\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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