CAMPAIGN TO RAISE STIPENDS
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
(P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, May 16. 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 every minister on a minimum stipend of £330 a year and to have provided minima of £l9O for single and £220 for married home missionaries.
The 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 the 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 about it have been received from the Presbyterian Church of Australia. Other denominations in the Dominion also have taken' a keen interest in the scheme. Realizing 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 found by small parishes will be subsidized.
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Southland Times, Issue 24437, 17 May 1941, Page 6
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