{"id":1671,"date":"2015-07-15T06:39:18","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T10:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=1671"},"modified":"2015-07-15T06:39:18","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T10:39:18","slug":"membership-dues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=1671","title":{"rendered":"Membership dues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/florida-church-threatens-to-boot-member-for-financial-delinquency-gives-her-90-days-to-overcome-hardship-141514\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pay up!<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;In sending this letter, it is with much regret. We value you as a member of our congregation and your attendance in the worship services. You are currently delinquent in your financial support,&#8221; said the letter which then highlights what appears to be church rules noting that &#8220;anytime a member fails to contribute the minimum assessed amount for three or more months in the year [they] become a delinquent member.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then came the gentle threat: &#8220;In order to not be removed from the church roll, your attention to this matter [is] greatly appreciated.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pay up! &#8220;In sending this letter, it is with much regret. We value you as a member of our congregation and your attendance in the worship services. You are currently delinquent in your financial support,&#8221; said the letter which then &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=1671\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1672,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671\/revisions\/1672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}