Evening star., 1951-05-07
Gambling 10 Gel
Church Funds
Assai|ed by Dun
Leaders Are United
In Opposition, He Tells
Diocesan Convention
By Cospor Names

as a means of supporting church
activities.
! From time to time I am dis
turbed to hear that games OF
chance. raffles, etc, are turned to
in seeking funds for the support
of a 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
-. If our churches cannot be sup
ported by the free-will offerings
and gifts and work of believing
people, they had better close shor
and pray for an outpouring of the
! spirit"
Concern Over Pay.
I 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 in1ationary
period IN which we are living"
! Pointing out that men should
not enter the ministry for finan-
clal gain, Bishop Dun declared
they had a 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-
due anxiety and without asking
excessive sacrifices of their wives
and children"
I The speaker noted that a re-
cent study set $3,926 as the sum
needed for a family of four to
live at a 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 a clergy
man.
Few Get Auto Expense.
"Only some 20 of the clergy of
this diocese receive any automo-
bile operating and maintenance
allowance" he said. In most
cases the allowances are utterly
inadequate to cover operating
costs, let alone maintenance and
depreciation. How the clergy
IN the lower half of our median
level can manage to purchase and
operate car I find it hard to
imagine.
Figures cited listed the median
cash salary of Washington Epis-
copal clergymen as $4,000. Sixteen
clergymen receive annual salaries
OF $4,000 or less; thirty from So. .OOC
TO $4,000; eleven from $4,000 to
$4,000: seven from $4,000 to So
600, and nine $4,000 and above.
] Twenty-Five new churches are
needed in the suburban Wash
lngton area to keep pace with the
population growth, Bishop Dun
said.
Increase Lags Here.
He pointed out that while
church membership throughout
the country has increased faster
than the population in the last
20 years, in greater Washington
church membership increase has
Jagged substantially behind popu-
latlon growth. Whereas the popu-
latlon has increased 1875 per cent
IN 70 years, church membership
has increased only 80 per cent in
the same period. Only 80 per
cent OF the population are for
mally connected with any church
as against 81 per cent as a whole. .
Election of deputies to the
provincial Synod, to be held
October 1913 at Wilmington, Del.
will take place during the meet
ing. The Synod is a consultative
body OF the Province of Wash
lngton, which includes Delaware
pennsylvania, West Virginia
Maryland, and Virginia and the
District of Columbia.
d. The convention passed a bulge
of $53, 1888 for 1852. The bulge
covers salaries of diocesan off.
clals, including that of the Bishor
OF Washington, and other expense.
IN connection with running thu
diocese. The sum is $3,934O2 les.
than the budget for 1850.
4 Delegates Proposed.
Nominations to the Provincial
Senate were made this morning
and will be voted on later in the
day. Those proposed for the cleri.
cal delegates are the Revs. William
Curtis Draper, jr., of Upper Marl-
boro; Robert S. Trenbath of Trim
lty Church, James Valiant ot
IOlney, Nathaniel C. Acton of Col.
lege Park, John M. Burgess, stu.
dent chaplain at Howard Univer.
Slty, and Berry B. Simpson o1
: Congress Heights parish.
Nominees for layman delegate,
. were: Ogle R. Singleton, Robert
w. Wilson, Albert w. Atwood
Robert c. Maxwell, Rilchard H
Lansdale and Carlton E. Pyles.
| -Four clergy and four lay dele.
, gates are to be chosen for thu
1 Provincial Senate, which will NEE
this October.
! Among the reports to be giver
will be one on college work b,
the Rev. E. Felix Kloman, rector
! of st. Adams Church.
The Rev. Alfred B. starratt
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