{"id":583,"date":"2008-05-13T06:34:29","date_gmt":"2008-05-13T10:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=583"},"modified":"2008-06-05T10:25:38","modified_gmt":"2008-06-05T14:25:38","slug":"umc-joins-clergy-letter-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=583","title":{"rendered":"UMC joins Clergy Letter Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to the United Methodist Church<\/a> for signing on to the Clergy Letter Project<\/a>!<\/p>\n

(hat tip to Henry Neufeld<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to the United Methodist Church for signing on to the Clergy Letter Project! 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