Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-27
THE PAY OF MINISTERS
AS SHOWN BY THE CENSUS

first class is $1,5SO; of the second
class, $1,420; of the third class,
$1,3S1; of the fourth class, $1,24s;
and for the area outside of the prin-
cipal cities, $6S3. The figures for
( the Disciples of Christ show a regc-
lar graduation from $1,326 per min
lister for cities of the first class to
$3.50 for those of the fourth class,
for the Methodist Episcopal Church,
from SLAP for cities of the first
class to 1,1S7 for those of the
fourth class; and for the Presby-
term Church in the United States Of
America, from S2,169 for those Of
the first class to $1,524 for those Of
the fourth class.
In the Southern Baptist Conven-
tion, the average salary ranges from
$1,793 for cities of the first class 20
S1,35S for those of the fourth class,
and among the Congregationalists
from $1,93S for cities of the first
class to $1,512 for those of the
fourth class, but in the case of both
these denominations the average for
cities of the third class is a 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
Norwegian, show larger averages
for cities of the third and fourth
classes.
Unsalaried Ministry in Mission
Churches.
The lower average salary shown
by some denominations for a higher
class of cities than for the lower is
in most cases due to the existence
in the higher class of cities of an un-
usually large number of weak or
mission churches. For example, in
the case of the Southern Baptist
Convention, which shows an average
salary per minister of $1,5O5 for
cities of the third class and only
400 for cities of the second class,
the churches in the third class have
an average membership of 472, and
in the second class of only 1862, in
dicating that the churches in the
third class are also finapcially
stronger on the average than those
in the second class.
In the Protestant Episcopal Church
the average is from $1,S73 in cities
of the first class to 1,517 in those
of the fourth, there being but little
difference in the figures for the sec
ond, third, and fourth classes of
cities.
Roman Catholic Denomination 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 Chris
tian Catholic Church in Zion, for the
area outside the principal cities, 21
are reported at Zion City, and are
probably connected with the. head
quarters of the denomination at that
place.
Among the denominations includ-
ed in the report with those not pay
ing regular salaries to their min
listers, and hence not represented in
the table on the subject, there are
several, as, for example, the Freewlll
Baptists and the German Baptists
Brethren Church (Conservative), in
which a considerable number of the
organizations pay stated salaries, al
though 1t is not a general custom. |
Some of these denominations, among
which are the ones mentioned, ap-
pear to be in the transitional state /
from the unsalaried to the salaried
ministry basis.