Reformed Presbyterian Minutes of Synod 1919

114 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THEOhio Presbytery.Ray $550 for stated supply.Bellefontaine $700 on condition they raise $700.Belle Center $150.Cedarville $250 for supplies.Jonathans Creek $350 on condition they raise $850.Hetherton $500 on condition they raise $700.Rochester Presbytery.Lochiel $500 on condition they raise $400 and parsonage.J. S. Tibby reported that all the congregations to whichhelp had been granted conditionally had complied with theconditions.The Mission Conference recommends: 1. That everycongregation provide a parsonage, rent free, for the use of thepastor. That pastors receiving less than the minimum salaryaccording to Synod's classification be directed to make! knownthe fact to the Central Board which shall have authority tomake such adjustments as will insure the pastor the minimumsalary.2. We recommend to Synod that the minimum salariesof all congregations be $1200 in towns under 5,000 population;$1400 in places between 5,000 and 10,000; $1600 in places between10,000 and 50,000 and $1800 in cities over 50,000. Therecommendations of this conference are based on this scale.3. That the clerk of Synod be directed to notify the sessionand the financialboard of each congregation as to theminimum salary required for the support of its pastor, accordingto its classification.4. We recommend that congregations reporting that theirfinancial officers have made their every member canvas, be givenspecial consideration and preferential treatment.5. The clerk was instructed to write the La Junta congregationexpressing the appreciation of the conference oftheir effort in becoming self-sustaining; to write the Cornwalliscongregation notifying them of the action of the conference;to write S. G. Shaw explaining the action of the conferencelast year.S. G. CONNER, Chairman.E. A. CROOKS. Secretary.Synod's Board of Control would respectfully report:The Board has held one regular and one special meetingduring the year—the former at the home of A. F. Reid, MorningSun, la. the latter at the home of H. G. Patterson, MorningSun, la.At the regular annual meeting, the followingofficers wereelected: President O. L. Samson, Washington, la., SecretaryE. L. McKnight, Morning Sun, la., and Assistant Secretary A.F. Reid, Morning Sun, la.A statement from J. S. Tibby, Treasurer, showed the followingWidows' Aged Students amounts Ministers' and Aid to Orphans' Fund be Fund at the Fund disposal of the Board: $2388.26 $1440.12 $3467.42