{"id":112037,"date":"2025-08-22T15:56:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T22:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/?p=112037"},"modified":"2026-01-27T14:55:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T22:55:32","slug":"the-great-commission-the-greatest-commandment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/charitable-giving-news-stories\/the-great-commission-the-greatest-commandment","title":{"rendered":"How to live out the Great Commission and the Greatest Commandment in a modern world"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&rdquo;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&rdquo;][vc_column][vc_raw_html css=&rdquo;&rdquo;]JTNDc2NyaXB0JTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3dnVzc3RhdGljLmNvbSUyRm5ld3MtYW5kLXN0b3JpZXMlMkZob3ctdG8tbGl2ZS1vdXQtdGhlLWdyZWF0LWNvbW1pc3Npb24tYW5kLXRoZS1ncmVhdGVzdC1jb21tYW5kbWVudC1pbi1hLW1vZGVybi13b3JsZCUyRmVtYmVkLmpzJTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGc2NyaXB0JTNFJUMyJUEw[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Great Commission isn\u2019t just a command \u2014 it\u2019s a call to action for every believer. 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