CAMPAIGN TO RAISE STIPENDS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 16 May 1941, Page 6

CAMPAIGN TO RAISE STIPENDS

MINISTERS AND HOME MISSIONARIES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SCHEME [United Press Association) Christchurch, This Day. A national campaign to raise the stipends of ministers and home missionaries to a level in keeping with the increased costs of living is now in progress throughout the Presbyterian Church. When the General Assembly meets in November it is hoped to have placed every minister on a minimum stipend of £330 and to have provided a minimum of £l9O for single, and £220 for married. The home missionaries’ project which has been undertaken by the maintenance of the ministry committee of the church, was described by the convener the Rev. T. W. Armour this morning, as a most important development in church matters in recent years. Interest in the project has not been restricted to New Zealand for inquiries for full information regarding it, have been received from the Presbyterian j church of Australia. Other denominations in the Dominion also have taken a keen interest in the scheme. Realising that not every small parish will be able to find the necessary finance to bring stipends up to £330, the committee has decided to institute a national collection to create a central fund from which the amount to be found by the small parishes will be subscribed.