{"id":53677,"date":"2026-03-10T13:55:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=53677"},"modified":"2026-09-23T07:28:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T07:28:26","slug":"bryce-harper-mormon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/bryce-harper-mormon\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Bryce Harper mormoon?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Yes. Bryce Harper, the Philadelphia Phillies slugger, is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He grew up in the church in Las Vegas, chose baseball over a two-year mission, and married Kayla Varner in the church&#039;s San Diego California Temple in December 2016. Growing up in the church Harper was born in Las Vegas in 1992 and was raised a Latter-day Saint. Sports Illustrated put him on its cover at 16, under the headline &quot;Baseball&#039;s\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. Bryce Harper is a Latter-day Saint, raised in the church in Las Vegas. He chose baseball over a mission and married in the San Diego temple in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[336],"class_list":["post-53677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-the-mormons-lds"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18873,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/bryce-bible-name-meaning\/","url_meta":{"origin":53677,"position":0},"title":"Is Bryce in the Bible? No, It Comes from Saint Brice of Tours","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"december 14, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"No one named Bryce appears in the Bible. 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