Most clubs, organizations, and societies...
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Most clubs, organizations, and societies have membership requirements that prospective members must meet and current members must adhere to. For example, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have the following membership requirements:
1) Three paid sales of prose fiction to qualified professional markets, with payment of at least 5 cents per word, for a cumulative total of $250, minimum $50 apiece;
2) Or, one paid sale of prose fiction book to qualifying professional market, with payment of at least $2,000;
3) Or, one professionally produced full-length dramatic script, with credits acceptable to the membership committee.
Paul doesn't list membership requirements for being a Christian per se, but he does list one disqualifier: "Any one who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him." The flipside: any one who has the Spirit of Christ belongs to Christ.
1) Three paid sales of prose fiction to qualified professional markets, with payment of at least 5 cents per word, for a cumulative total of $250, minimum $50 apiece;
2) Or, one paid sale of prose fiction book to qualifying professional market, with payment of at least $2,000;
3) Or, one professionally produced full-length dramatic script, with credits acceptable to the membership committee.
Paul doesn't list membership requirements for being a Christian per se, but he does list one disqualifier: "Any one who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him." The flipside: any one who has the Spirit of Christ belongs to Christ.
