The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-08-12
THE PAY OF MINISTERS
The Census Bureau Shows the Average
Annual Salary at $663.

is $3.50; of the second class, $1420;
of the third class, 1881; of the
fourth class, $124S; and for the area
outside of the principal cities, $3.50.
The figures of the Disciples of Christ
show regular graduation from 1926
per minister for cities of the first
class to $3.50 for those of the fourth
class; for the Methodist Episcopal
Church, from S1422 for cities of the
first class to $11S7 for those of the
fourth class; and for the Presbyter-
ian Church in the United States of
America, from $2169 for those of the
first class to 1924 for those of the
fourth class.
In the Southern Baptist Conven-
ton, the average salary ranges from
S1793 for cities of the first class to
$135S for those of the fourth class,
and among the gationalists
from $193S for cities of the first class
to S1512 for those of the fourth class,
but in the case of both these denom-
nations the average for cities of the
third class is little larger than for
those of the second class.
Among the Lutheran bodies there
is considerable difference; some, as
the General Council, show a regular
gradation others, as the United Nor
wegian, show larger averages for cit
les of the third and fourth classes.
Unsalaricd Ministry in Mission
Churches.
The lower average salar.' shown by
some denominations fora higher class
of cities than for a lower is in most
cases due to the existence in the high
er class of cities of an unusually large
number of weak or mission churches.
For example, in the case of the South
ern Baptist Convention, which shows
an average salary per minister of ST.
sos for cities of the third class and
only $1490 for cities of the second
have an average membership of 472,
and in the second class of only 1862,
indicating that the churches in the
third class are also financially strong
er on the average than those in the
second class.
In the Protestant Episcopal Church
the average is from S1S73 in cities of
the first class to $1517 in those of the
fourth class, there being but little diff
ference in the figures for the second,
third and fourth classes of cities.
Roman Catholic Denominations Pay
Like Salaries For Cities and
Rural Districts.
In the case of the Roman Catholic
Church. the figures show but little
difference between the general aver
age and that for the various classes
of cities or FOR the area outside of
the principal cities, the reason being
that in this denomination the salaries |
are fixed for the diocese, being in
general the same for the rural dis
tricts as for the large cities.
OF the "a ministers reported by the |
four organizations of the Christian |
Catholic Church in lion, for the area |
outside the principal cities, 81 are
reported at Zion City, and are prob
ably connected with the headquarters |
of the denomination at that place.
Among the denominations includ-
ed in the report with those not paying |
regular salaries to their ministers,
and hence not represented in the Ia
BILE on the subject, there are several, |
as, for example, the Freewill Bap- |
lists and the German Baptist Breth- |
rem Church Conservative, in which |
a considerable number of the organi- |
cations pay stated salaries, although |
it is not general custom. Some of |
these denominations, among which |
are the ones mentioned, appear to be |
in the transitional state from the I'M
salaried to the salaried ministry basis. |