Evening star., 1951-05-07
Dun Hits
10 Get
Church Funds
Leaders Are United
In Opposition, He Tells
Diocesan Convention
By Cospor Nonnes

BY Cospor Names
The Rt. Rev. Angus Dun, Bishop
of Washington, today voiced op-
position to "all gambling devices"
as a means of supporting church
activities.
From time to time I am dis
turbed to hear that games Of
chance, rafles, ETC., are turned to
in seeking funds for the support
of few of our parishes or mis-
sions," Bishop Dun told delegates
to the 56th Annual Episcopal
Diocesan convention at Trinity
Episcopal Church, Piney Branch
road and Dahlia street NV.
There are some matters on
which the bishops of our church
differ, but we are united in oppos-
ing all gambling devices as means
OF church support. Leaving aside
the pros and cons of small private
participation in games of chance.
the institution of gambling is cor
ruptlng and rotten to the core
-. II our churches cannot be SUD-
ported by the free-will offerings
and gifts and work of believing
people, they had better close shop
ana pray for an outpouring of the
spirit"
Concern Over Pay.
Bishop Dun, speaking to more
than 200 lay and clerical deputies
TO the one-day convention, also
noted the increasing concern of
church leaders with the salaries
OF clergymen lin the inflationarv
peflod IN which we are living"
POINTING out that men should
not enter the ministry for finan-
clal gain, Bishop Dun declared
they had right to expect "a
compensation which will set them
as free as may be to do the work
they are called to do without un-
Que anxiety and without asking
excessive sacrifices of their wives
and children"
Inc speaker noted that a re-
cent study set S3,926 as the SIN,
needed for a family of four tn
i've at modest but ADEQUATE"
standard in Washington. Most
episcopal clergymen earn less
than that, even allowing $3.50 a
year extra for housing.
These figures do not include
operation of an automobile, which
Bishop Dun declared is now a
professional necessity for clergv-
man.
Few Get Auto Expense
only some 20 of the clergy q,
TINS diocese receive any autonoo-
Ole operating and maintenance
allowance" he said. In most
cases the allowances are utterly
maoequate to cover operating
coStS' let alone maintenance and
depreciation. How the clergy
IN the lower half of our nedian
level can manage to purchase and
operate car find it hard to
w
Flgures cited listed the median
cash salary of Washington Enis-
copal clergymen as $500. Sixteen
receive annual salaries
OF $4,000 or less; thirty from So ooo
70 s4'oOO; eleven from $4,000 to
%, ,oOO; seven from $4,000 to So =
ooO, and nine $4,000 and above
twenty-five new churches ar.
needed in the suburban Wash
lngton area to keep pace with the
said. O@H
increase LagS Here.
He pointed out that ubi,.
church membership throughont
tne country has increased faster
than the population in the last
20 years, in greater Washington
church membership increase has
Jagged substantially behind ponu-
iatlon growth. Whereas the nonn-
!aClon mas increased 1875 per cent
III 20 years, church membershin
mas increased only 80 per cent in
Che same period. Only 80 ner
cent OF the population are for
lhally connected with any church
as against 81 per cent as a whole ;;
EIectlon of deputies to the
provincial Synod, to be hel6
October 1918 at Wilmington Del
Will take place during the meet.
ing: The Synod is consultative
oooy OF the Province of Wash.
lngton, which includes Delaware
pennsylvania, West Virginia
Maryland, and Virginia and the
District of Columbia.
-Four clergymen and four law
men will be elected today to rem
resent the Washington Diocese
1here are Is dioceses in the
province.
among the reports to be given
VIII be one on college work by
me Rev. E. Felix Kloman, rector
u st. Adams Church.
Ihe Rev. Alfred B. Starratt.
.ector of st. Paul's Episcopal
@hurch, Stockbridge, Mass, will
speak at a supper at $50 pm
Mr.. Starratt, professor at Hua-
;hung University, China, from
l946-49, will talk on Christian
ty IN the Chinese Revolution.