{"id":11652,"date":"2025-09-13T05:26:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T10:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/https:\/\/central-states.org\/news\/hope-rally-2025-ignites-revival-2\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T05:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T10:50:08","slug":"mae-bell-bryant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central-states.org\/?p=11652","title":{"rendered":"The Passing of Mae Bell Bryant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><div style=\"--tco-dc8zo-0:;--tco-dc8zo-1:;--tco-dc8zo-2:;--tco-dc8zo-3:;--tco-dc8zo-4:;--tco-dc8zo-5:;\" class=\"x-text x-content e11652-e1-v0 m8zo-0 m8zo-1 x-content exp03-content\"><div class=\"x-col e383-e14 man-36\">\n<div class=\"x-the-content entry-content\">\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>In Loving Memory of Sister Mae Bell Bryant<\/b><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/https:\/\/central-states.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1739\" height=\"2250\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone size-full wp-image-11657 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/central-states.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image003.jpg 1739w, https:\/\/central-states.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image003-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/central-states.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image003-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/central-states.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image003-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/central-states.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image003-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/central-states.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image003-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/central-states.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image003-600x776.jpg 600w, https:\/\/central-states.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image003-100x129.jpg 100w, https:\/\/central-states.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image003-862x1115.jpg 862w, https:\/\/central-states.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image003-1200x1553.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1739px) 100vw, 1739px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1739px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1739\/2250;\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">It is with deep sorrow that we share the passing of <span class=\"s2\"><b>Sister Mae Bell Bryant<\/b><\/span>, a beloved long-time member of the Central States Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sister Bryant faithfully served the Lord and her church family for many years, leaving behind a legacy of faith, love, and commitment to Christ. She was a devoted mother, grandmother, and friend who touched the lives of many through her kindness and steadfast example of Christian living.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She is the mother of <span class=\"s2\"><b>Elder G. Alexander Bryant<\/b><\/span>, president of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists. We lift Elder Bryant, his family, and all who loved Sister Bryant in our thoughts and prayers during this time of loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">We thank God for her life of service and dedication, and we look forward with hope to the day of Christ\u2019s soon return, when \u201cthe dead in Christ will rise first\u201d (1 Thessalonians 4:16).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Please continue to keep the Bryant family in your prayers.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Elder Cryston Josiah &amp; The Central States Conference Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"x-the-content entry-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pillar of the Central States Conference has passed.  <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/central-states.org\/?p=11652\">Continue Reading<span> The Passing of Mae Bell Bryant<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":11658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central-states.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/central-states.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/central-states.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central-states.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central-states.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11652"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/central-states.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11661,"href":"https:\/\/central-states.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11652\/revisions\/11661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central-states.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central-states.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central-states.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central-states.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}