{"id":920,"date":"2021-08-04T07:11:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T11:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinesegospelchurch.net\/cgcse\/?p=920"},"modified":"2021-08-31T09:10:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T13:10:17","slug":"fellowship-finances-2-corinthians-81-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesegospelchurch.net\/cgcse\/messages\/fellowship-finances-2-corinthians-81-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Fellowship &amp; Finances &#8211; 2 Corinthians 8:1-7"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Fellowship &amp;amp; Finances &amp;#8211; 2 Corinthians 8:1-7\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-08-04T07:11:09-04:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT33M14S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\n\n\n\nSermon Details:\n\n\n\nRev. 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