{"id":35,"date":"2022-07-28T14:24:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T14:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2022-07-28T18:20:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T18:20:31","slug":"updates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"35\" class=\"elementor elementor-35\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0edc35e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0edc35e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dea90be\" data-id=\"dea90be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e72d1b9 elementor-grid-3 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-posts__hover-gradient elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"e72d1b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;cards_columns&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;cards_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:35,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.cards\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor-pro\/assets\/css\/widget-posts.min.css\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-cards elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-294 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-updates-news\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/updates-news\/staggering-sexual-abuse-statistics\/\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" src=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/5d043d6cbe44a2215fc7166c_staggering-statistics-on-sexual-abuse-300x217.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-295\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/5d043d6cbe44a2215fc7166c_staggering-statistics-on-sexual-abuse-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/5d043d6cbe44a2215fc7166c_staggering-statistics-on-sexual-abuse-1024x740.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/5d043d6cbe44a2215fc7166c_staggering-statistics-on-sexual-abuse-768x555.jpg 768w, https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/5d043d6cbe44a2215fc7166c_staggering-statistics-on-sexual-abuse-1536x1110.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/5d043d6cbe44a2215fc7166c_staggering-statistics-on-sexual-abuse.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/updates-news\/staggering-sexual-abuse-statistics\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tStaggering Sexual Abuse Statistics\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Statistics show that one in four women have been impacted by sexual abuse. An even more staggering number is only one in ten reports the<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/updates-news\/staggering-sexual-abuse-statistics\/\" >\n\t\t\tREAD NOW &gt;\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-4 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-events-meetings\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/events-meetings\/welcome-to-cloudways\/\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/611178021bd9c15f04a1f94c_roswell-ga-300x171.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-221\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/611178021bd9c15f04a1f94c_roswell-ga-300x171.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/611178021bd9c15f04a1f94c_roswell-ga-1024x584.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/611178021bd9c15f04a1f94c_roswell-ga-768x438.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/611178021bd9c15f04a1f94c_roswell-ga-1536x876.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/611178021bd9c15f04a1f94c_roswell-ga.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/events-meetings\/welcome-to-cloudways\/\" >\n\t\t\t\t10 Week Small Group starting soon!\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Join me at a 10 week small group environment designed to unpack the impact of sexual abuse. \u200d GROUP BEGINS 6:30 PM TO 8:30 PM<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/events-meetings\/welcome-to-cloudways\/\" >\n\t\t\tREAD NOW &gt;\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-239 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-events-meetings\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/events-meetings\/free-healing-retreat\/\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/611173ff672535a15dd2a9b3_healing-waters-retreat-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-240\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/611173ff672535a15dd2a9b3_healing-waters-retreat-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/611173ff672535a15dd2a9b3_healing-waters-retreat-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/611173ff672535a15dd2a9b3_healing-waters-retreat-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/611173ff672535a15dd2a9b3_healing-waters-retreat-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/611173ff672535a15dd2a9b3_healing-waters-retreat.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/events-meetings\/free-healing-retreat\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tFree Healing Retreat\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>&#8220;Each individual copes with his\/her story differently, but all survivors of sexual abuse need to receive the unfettered, overwhelming, exuberant love of Christ.&#8221; &#8211; Pastor<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/events-meetings\/free-healing-retreat\/\" >\n\t\t\tREAD NOW &gt;\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-267 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-press-interviews\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/press-interviews\/grace-ministries-international-interview\/\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/6086d17fbd1bed6c35c8f3af_Screen-Shot-2021-04-26-at-10.42.36-AM-web-ready-copy-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-268\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/6086d17fbd1bed6c35c8f3af_Screen-Shot-2021-04-26-at-10.42.36-AM-web-ready-copy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/6086d17fbd1bed6c35c8f3af_Screen-Shot-2021-04-26-at-10.42.36-AM-web-ready-copy-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/6086d17fbd1bed6c35c8f3af_Screen-Shot-2021-04-26-at-10.42.36-AM-web-ready-copy-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/6086d17fbd1bed6c35c8f3af_Screen-Shot-2021-04-26-at-10.42.36-AM-web-ready-copy-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/6086d17fbd1bed6c35c8f3af_Screen-Shot-2021-04-26-at-10.42.36-AM-web-ready-copy.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/press-interviews\/grace-ministries-international-interview\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tGrace Ministries International interview\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>A very special opportunity to talk about my book. Thank you, Grace Ministries and Vernon Terrell! View it on their Facebook Page: http:\/\/bit.ly\/connie-cobb-interview<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/press-interviews\/grace-ministries-international-interview\/\" >\n\t\t\tREAD NOW &gt;\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-289 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-updates-news\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/updates-news\/book-video-trailer-up\/\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/5e5fcddb6fd052ef2a48dd0e_facing-forward-video-promo-300x164.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-290\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/5e5fcddb6fd052ef2a48dd0e_facing-forward-video-promo-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/5e5fcddb6fd052ef2a48dd0e_facing-forward-video-promo-1024x559.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/5e5fcddb6fd052ef2a48dd0e_facing-forward-video-promo-768x420.jpg 768w, https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/5e5fcddb6fd052ef2a48dd0e_facing-forward-video-promo-1536x839.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/5e5fcddb6fd052ef2a48dd0e_facing-forward-video-promo.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/updates-news\/book-video-trailer-up\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tBook Video Trailer up!\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>\u201cA picture is worth a thousand words.\u201d Please pass this video along to someone who might benefit from reading Facing Forward. \u200d<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/updates-news\/book-video-trailer-up\/\" >\n\t\t\tREAD NOW &gt;\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-297 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-updates-news\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/updates-news\/facing-forward\/\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/connie-about-page-facing-forward-p-500-300x166.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-62\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/connie-about-page-facing-forward-p-500-300x166.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/connie-about-page-facing-forward-p-500.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/updates-news\/facing-forward\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tFacing Forward\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>&#8220;Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved?&#8221; Song of Songs 8:5 ( NIV ) The above Bible verse paints a<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/updates-news\/facing-forward\/\" >\n\t\t\tREAD NOW &gt;\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266,"href":"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/facingforward.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}