Reformed Church in the United States. Forward Movement
A chart of Minister's Salaries. Text reads, "Minister's Salaries (Including Parsonage $250). 102...More than $2000... A Comfortable Support 260...$1500 to $2000... A Living Wage 389...$1000 to $1500... A Mere Subsistence 44..$750 to $1000... Struggle - Pitiable Economies 22...Less than $750... Poverty. A comfortable support is necessary to spiritual efficiency."
Reformed Church in the United States. General Synod.
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Ministers Salaries and the Cost of Living
A comparison chart of the cost of living to the Ministers salaries. Text reads, "The cost of living - 96% increase since 1914. Ministers salaries - 27.4% increase since 1914. In improving the standards of the Christian ministry the place to begin is with the salary."
Text reads, " Paving the Way - Laymen, if they would, cannot be indifferent to the present situation. How can the Church expect the world to heed its urgent appeal for social justice unless it squares its own practice with its own teachings by 'Paving the way for the old minister.'"
An image of a man walking along a path labeled with words that symbolize the path to Heaven. The words in each block read, "Honor, Love, Faith, Gratitude, Respect, Generosity, Fidelity, Justice, Liberality, Reverence, Kindliness, Appreciation, Affection, Recognition, Devotion, Veneration, Heaven. Continuing text reads, " Paving the Last Mile! With your gifts it can be made smooth for the feet at last grown weary - without them it will be steep and rough and difficult, and will halt the feeble traveler all too soon."
Text reads, "What if - Some of the members of the Protestant Church of the U.S. tithed their incomes? If 2% of them tithed incomes of $5,000} or 4% _ _ _ $2,5000} ... 5% _ _ _ $2,000} ... 10%_ _ _ $1,000} It would pay in full the Total Church Budget Local and Benevolent of 1918. What if all should tithe?"
Text reads, " One in Eleven - If one out of 11 members has an income equal to the average wage of the HOD carrier, $3.27 per day - And Tithes it The tithe will pay the total church budget as per 1918 with a margin of $21.897,196."
Text reads, "One in Eight - If one out of 8 members has an income equal to the average wage of the Teamster. $2.20 per day - And Tithes It The tithe would pay the total church budget as per 1918."
Text reads, "One in Five If one out of 5 members has an income equal to the average wage of the waitress $1.42 per day - And Tithes It - The tithe would pay the total church budget as per 1918 with a margin of $9,767,342."
An overview of membership and finances. Text reads, "The Reformed Church in the United States - Members ... ... ... 330,039 Annual Income ...$198,023,400 The Tithe (1/10 of income) ... $19,802,340 Contributions Last Year Congregational Purposes ... $2,602,940 Benevolences ... ... 969,003 Other Causes (estimated) 1,000,000 ... 4,576,943".
Text reads, "Is Japan a Menace? Only in the sense that America and Europe are a Menace in so far as they are not Christian. A Christianized Japan would be a mighty for Righteousness and Peace in the far eastern world."