A Serbian Orthodox cathedral's own membership page quoting its 2010 By-Law text, adopted to conform to the wider Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America's 2009 Church Assembly (Sabor) constitutional revision replacing a fixed dues system with a self-determined annual stewardship pledge, non-fulfillment of which (absent genuine hardship) costs a member good standing and voting rights.
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Tier 1: a Serbian Orthodox cathedral's own church-membership page, quoting its own By-Law Article 8 verbatim, adopted at a Special Congregation Meeting on October 24, 2010 specifically to conform to a wider constitutional change: "In 2009, The Church Assembly (Sabor), as the principal legislative body of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America, adopted a revision to the Constitution which kept all spiritual obligations for membership the same, but eliminated the dues system as a financial obligation for membership, and replaced it with a stewardship obligation for all members to be considered in good standing." The quoted By-Law text states: "A member in good standing is one whose stewardship pledge is fulfilled each year. Only members in good standing can vote at meetings. Should a member without sufficient cause refuse to fulfill his pledge each year, such a person shall cease to be a member in good standing and shall lose all rights and privileges thereof." The same page also states a pastoral practice softening that formal consequence: a member who cannot meet a pledge due to genuine hardship is asked to contact the Dean and states plainly "no one will be chasing or embarrassing you." Citation
PublisherSaint Steven's Serbian Orthodox Cathedral (saintstevens.org)
URLhttps://www.saintstevens.org/churchmembership
Source Typechurch body
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