{"id":25114,"date":"2025-04-17T20:15:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T20:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=25114"},"modified":"2025-04-17T20:21:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T20:21:28","slug":"prayer-is-requested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2025\/prayer-is-requested\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer is requested for Church of the Brethren member detained by ICE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.&#8221; -Leviticus 19:34 NKJV<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Armando, a church member from West Charleston Church of the Brethren in Tipp City, Ohio, has been detained by ICE and is being held in a county jail. Please join in prayer support for Armando and his family, the pastors and congregation who are supporting them, and others who are advocating with them including Southern Ohio and Kentucky District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Local media have published reports:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the <em>Cincinnati Enquirer<\/em>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/news\/2025\/04\/16\/church-protests-after-ohio-man-armando-rodriguez-was-detained-by-ice\/83121139007\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.cincinnati.com\/story\/news\/2025\/04\/16\/church-protests-after-ohio-man-armando-rodriguez-was-detained-by-ice\/83121139007\">www.cincinnati.com\/story\/news\/2025\/04\/16\/church-protests-after-ohio-man-armando-rodriguez-was-detained-by-ice\/83121139007<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From NPR WYSO 91.3: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wyso.org\/news\/2025-04-17\/family-church-fight-to-free-an-immigrant-detained-by-i\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.wyso.org\/news\/2025-04-17\/family-church-fight-to-free-an-immigrant-detained-by-i\">www.wyso.org\/news\/2025-04-17\/family-church-fight-to-free-an-immigrant-detained-by-i<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From ABC WCPO Channel 9: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcpo.com\/news\/local-news\/butler-county\/an-ohio-man-went-to-ice-for-a-routine-check-in-loved-ones-say-he-was-then-brought-to-the-butler-county-jail\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.wcpo.com\/news\/local-news\/butler-county\/an-ohio-man-went-to-ice-for-a-routine-check-in-loved-ones-say-he-was-then-brought-to-the-butler-county-jail\">www.wcpo.com\/news\/local-news\/butler-county\/an-ohio-man-went-to-ice-for-a-routine-check-in-loved-ones-say-he-was-then-brought-to-the-butler-county-jail<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Emergency-Protests-April-16-and-21-600px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Emergency-Protests-April-16-and-21-600px.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Emergency-Protests-April-16-and-21-600px-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Como a un nacido entre vosotros tendr\u00e9is al extranjero que habite entre vosotros, y lo amar\u00e9is como a vosotros mismos, porque extranjeros fuisteis en la tierra de Egipto. Yo soy el Se\u00f1or vuestro Dios.&#8221; &#8211; Lev\u00edtico 19:34 NVI<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Un miembro de la congregaci\u00f3n de la Iglesia de los Hermanos ha sido detenido en un centro de ICE. \u00danase a nosotros en oraci\u00f3n para apoyar a esta persona, su familia y su congregaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Etranje ki rete nan mitan nou an va tankou yon moun ki f\u00e8t nan mitan nou, epi nou dwe renmen l &#8216;tankou t\u00e8t nou, paske nou te etranje nan peyi Lejip la: Se mwen menm Sey\u00e8 a, Bondye nou an.&#8221; -Levitik 19:34 NKJV<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yo arete yon manm legliz ki soti nan yon kongregasyon Legliz Fr\u00e8 yo nan yon etablisman ICE. Tanpri jwenn ak nou nan sip\u00f2 lapriy\u00e8 pou moun nan, fanmi l ak kongregasyon li.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#MissionAndMinistryBoard #StrategicPlan #RacialJustice #LoveOurNeighbors #Discipleship #NewTestamentGiving<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find more Church of the Brethren news:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/annual-conference-moderator-theme\/\">Annual Conference moderator shares theme statement for 2027<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/conferencia-anual-declaracion-tematica\/\">El moderador de la Conferencia Anual comparte la declaraci\u00f3n tem\u00e1tica para 2027.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/konferans-deklarasyon-tem-2027\/\">Moderat\u00e8 konferans any\u00e8l la pataje deklarasyon t\u00e8m pou 2027 la<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/what-faithful-witness-asks\/\">What faithful witness asks of churches today: CCT\u2019s 20th anniversary forum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/sa-temwen-fidel-yo-mande\/\">Sa temwen fid\u00e8l yo mande legliz yo jodi a: fow\u00f2m 20y\u00e8m aniv\u00e8s\u00e8 CCT a<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.&#8221; -Leviticus 19:34 NKJV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1703],"tags":[1898],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-25114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-of-the-brethren-newsline","tag-prayer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25114"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25117,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25114\/revisions\/25117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25114"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=25114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}