{"id":5103,"date":"2024-10-24T07:07:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T07:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/village-denies-funeral-customs-to-christian-family\/"},"modified":"2024-10-24T07:07:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T07:07:09","slug":"village-denies-funeral-customs-to-christian-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/village-denies-funeral-customs-to-christian-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Village Denies Funeral Customs to Christian Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In spring 2024, Lod, a Khmu villager, placed his faith in Jesus Christ at the age of 90. On June 20, he passed away. Typically, every villager would make a small donation of money and rice to the grieving family. However, because Lod was a Christian, the head of the village refused to collect donations to assist Lod&rsquo;s family and did not allow any villagers to attend Lod&rsquo;s funeral. Only the 10 Christians families in the community supported Lod&rsquo;s family. They invited a Christian leader from another town to conduct the funeral service, but village leaders refused to allow any Christians to enter the village until the Christians sought assistance from provincial authorities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/globalprayerguide\/laos\/\">Click here<\/a> to find out about Christian persecution in Laos and learn how to pray.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icommittopray.com\/request\/2736\/laos-christians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post a prayer for Laos Christians on iCommitToPray.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In spring 2024, Lod, a Khmu villager, placed his faith in Jesus Christ at the age of 90. On June 20, he passed away. Typically, every villager would make a small donation of money and rice to the grieving family. 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