{"id":131355,"date":"2026-07-17T23:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T23:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/131355\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T23:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T23:15:09","slug":"justin-beans-3-year-journey-to-an-improbable-championship-and-living-the-gospel-in-germany-deseret-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/131355\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Bean\u2019s 3-year journey to an improbable championship and living the gospel in Germany \u2013 Deseret News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechurchnews.com\/members\/2023\/7\/26\/23803095\/justin-bean-alba-berlin-nba-g-league-memphis-hustle-germany-utah-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.thechurchnews.com\/members\/2023\/7\/26\/23803095\/justin-bean-alba-berlin-nba-g-league-memphis-hustle-germany-utah-state\/\">Justin Bean<\/a>, his team, Alba Berlin, was a huge \u201cunderdog\u201d in Germany\u2019s top professional basketball league this past season. Yet Alba Berlin stunned FC Bayern Munich, 84-81, on June 21, and Bean was named Finals MVP after posting 18 points, 12 rebounds and five assists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The championship carried deep personal meaning for Bean, who initially struggled on the court in Berlin. Off the court, he and his wife, Claire Bean, found joy by starting a family and serving in their local congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cHeavenly Father is everywhere you need Him, and we have definitely felt that within our little family,\u201d he told the Church News. \u201cWe have been very blessed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechurchnews.com\/living-faith\/2026\/07\/17\/justin-bean-basketball-championship-mvp-berlin-germany-missionary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.thechurchnews.com\/living-faith\/2026\/07\/17\/justin-bean-basketball-championship-mvp-berlin-germany-missionary\/\">To read the full story, visit TheChurchNews.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to Justin Bean, his team, Alba Berlin, was a huge \u201cunderdog\u201d in Germany\u2019s top professional basketball league&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[99],"tags":[112,63881,21454,190],"class_list":["post-131355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-berlin","tag-church-of-jesus-christ","tag-faith","tag-germany"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116937865763971389","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}