The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-28

NS0AAoCAdu CUuu0CtlO0JS IQe C0UTCQ
Of Christ, Scientist; tho general elder
ship Of the churches Of God in North
America; the Society Of Friends
Orthodoxy; the colored Methodist
bodies; the Methodist Protestant.
Wesleyan Methodist. and Free Metho-
dist churches; the Salvation Army;
and Y Volunteers Of America. In
the ,.f most Of these last named
bodie. own by the report, many
Of theN .ations reporting are
outside : q principal cities, and
many Of tn % doubtless in rural
regions: and -. accounts large
salary. The lowEh y shown fer
the Church Of CHI >,entist, 10
said to be due to the mat most
of those who serve as 4nisters, or
readers, are persons having other vo-
cations and not dependent on the sal
aries paid by the churches. In the
case Of the Salvation Army and the
Volunteers of America the allowance
made for the officers serving ct the
various posts is usually based upon
their probable expenses, and 10 prac-
tically limited to these expenses.
The average salary shown for the,
large cities is considerably higher
as a rule than the general average
for the denomination. while for the
area outside of the principal cities It
is usually somewhat less. Moreover,
the average salary generally corre-
spends to the grade Of the cities. For
all denominations together 1t ranges
from 1929 for cities Of the first class
to $1,110 for those of the second
class; $1,063 for those of the third
class; 1912 for those Of the fourth
class, and $673 for the area outside
Of the principal cities.
In individual denominations the
conditions vary.
In the Northern Baptist convention
the average for cities Of the first class
is $3.50; Of the second class, 81, 1,420;
of the third class. 1881; Of the
fourth class. $1.24s. and for the area
outside Of. the principal cities. 1888.
The figures for tho Disciples Of Christ
show Q. regular gradatfon from 81 1876
per minister for cities Of the FIRST
class to $3.50 for those Of the fourth
class; for tho Methodist Episcopal
church, from $1,442 for cities Of the
first class to $1,1S7 for those Of the
fourth class; and for the 'Presbyter-
ian church in the United States Of
America. from $2,169 for those of the
first class to $1,524 for those of the
fourth class.
In the Southern Baptist convention.
the average salary ranges from ST.
793 for cities of the first class to ST.
1853 for those Of the fourth class, and
among the Congregationalists from
1888 for cities Of the first class to
$1,512 for those of the fourth class.
but in the case Of both of these de-
nominations 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.
Unsalar1ed Ministry.
The lower average salary shown by
some denominations for higher
class of cities than for q lower is in
most cases due to the existence in the
higher class of cities of an unusually
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 $1,605 for cities of the
third class and only $1,490 for cities
of the second class, the churches in
the third class have an average men,
bership of. 472, and in the second
class only 1862, indicating that the
churches In the third class are also
financially stronger on the average
khon th4oa In thA noan~H N1oun
In the Protestant Episcopal church
the average is from ;1,s7s 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 cit
les.
In the case Of the Roman Catholic
church, the figures show but little
age and that for the various classes
the principal cities. the reason being
are fixed for the diocese. being in gen.
as for the large cities.
ported by the four organizations Of
LILO SuII6Ildu SoSuVAAC CuuASu lu AlOAs
for the area outside the principal cit
les. twenty-one are reported at Zion
City, and are probably connected with
the headquarters Of the denomination
at that place.
Among the denominations included
in the report with those not paying
regular salaries to their ministers,
and hence not represented in the table
aAvhfAnk thANA onNyAroI
for example, the Freewill Baptists
and the German Baptist Brethren
church (conservative). in which q
considerable number Of the organiza-
tions 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 un-
salaried to the salaried ministry ba-
sis.