INCREASED STIPENDS.
FOR PRESBYTERIAN MINISTERS. ASHBURTON COUNTY ACTION. An increase in the stipends of tne lower-paid Presbyterian ministers ’anu home missionaries was advocated by the Rev. T. W. Armour and Mr John MacGibbon, of Christchurch, representing the Maintenance of the Ministry Committee of the Presbyterian Assembly or New Zealand, when they addressed a meeting of laymen and office-bearers or the Raknia, Ashburton South, Wakanui, Mayfield and Ashburton Presbyterian charges last evening. The main point emphasised by the visitors was that the present low rate of stipends was tending to affect adversely the standard of the ministry in the country. The proposed new minimum stipend for a minister was £330, for a married home missionary £220 and an unmarried home missionary £l9O. A committee was set up, consisting of representatives of the various charges, including MessrsitW. Lane, T. E. Watt and T. Lewitjfcropresonting the Ashburton charge. Lewitt is convenor. This committeenns to inform the boards of management of the various churches of the increased • stipends and arrange for a collection in aid of the increases during August. The Moderator of th_e Ashburton Presbytery (the Rev. E. B. Stevenson) presided.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 210, 18 June 1941, Page 6
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188INCREASED STIPENDS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 210, 18 June 1941, Page 6
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