Calvin Synod Herald, 1979 (79. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1979-11-01 / 11-12. szám
CALVIN SYNOD HERALD UCC MINISTERS' SALARIES DO NOT MATCH INFLATION Median salaries of UCC pastors rose 7.6 percent, from $13,650 to $14,690, between 1978 and 1979, according to the annual study of the Pension Boards, released in September. Average salary increases were lower, 6.8 percent, rising from $14,323 to $15,302. Women fared worse than did men. Their median salary increased 6.8 percent, from $10,750 to $11,488, and the average of their salaries went up 4.8 percent, from $10,231 to $10,724. The median salary of men went up 8.3 percent, from $13,680 to $14,820, and the average 7 percent, from $14,447 to $15,479. The figures report cash salary, plus parsonage allowances. The 11 percent recommended payments into the pension funds were being made for 97 percent of ministers reporting, up one percent over 1978. The highest average salary, $17,263, was paid to pastors in Florida, all of whom also receive the recommended pension payment. Other 100 percent Conferences for pension payments are Central Pacific, Connecticut, Montana, North Dakota, Puerto Rico, Southeast and Southwest. Churches in Puerto Rico pay the lowest average salary, $10,140. The highest salaries paid to men are $35,000 and over. Thirteen of this year’s respondents receive the highest salaries, as against nine in 1978. Only 77 percent receive full pension payments, the lowest percentage of any salary category. Sixteen men received salaries between $4,000 and $4,999, up five over 1978. Four women received salaries of $16,000 and over, up one over 1978, and four were in the lowest salary range, $4,000-$4,999, as against two in 1978. All but one of the women reporting receive the recommended pension payment. Of the 4,556 active pastors, 3,908 responded to the Pension Boards’ survey; 3,763 men and 145 women. KYP, Oct. 1, ’79 CORRECTED COPY: CHURCHES MUST COMPLY WITH ENERGY RULES Both the sanctuary and educational buildings of churches are covered by the new administrative rules on heating and cooling in public buildings, according to the Department of Energy. The rules, which went into effect on July 16, provide that a public building may not be cooled below 78 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer and may not be heated above 65 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter. The rules also provide that during the time that a building is to be unoccupied for a period of eight hours or more, the heating system must not be operated unless the outside temperature falls below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. The cooling system must not be operated at all. Failure to comply could lead to civil penalties of up to $5,000 for each violation. Any person who willfully violates the rules may be subject to criminal penalties of up to $10,000 for each violation. INPUT August 23, 1979 Vol. 10, No. 17 WORLD FOOD COUNCIL FINDS GROWING WORLD HUNGER The fifth World Food Council met in Ottawa last month and called for changes in the international food economy to make alleviating hunger the highest possible international priority. “There are probably more hungry and malnourished people in 1979 than the 450 million to whom the 1974 Rome Conference directed its attention,” reported the Council’s executive director Maurice Williams. “Good crops in the last three years have removed the aura of crisis in the world food situation,” Williams stated; but food production is up only 0.7 percent per capita, well below the 1974 conference’s target of four percent. The Council stressed the need for more direct action to overcome malnutrition. It suggested that the U.N. General Assembly declare the 1980’s “The Food and Development Decade.” The Council asked developing countries to accord a higher priority to food within their national development plans. It also urged developed countries and international agencies to complement the efforts of poor nations by increasing assistance to them. For a copy of the Council’s report, write: Ms. Kate Starr Newell, liaison officer, World Food Council, United Nations, Room 3255, New York, N.Y. 10017. KYP, Nov. 1, 1979 “The cart in the supermarket is the most expensively run vehicle in the world.” “In spite of all the shortages, this is still the land of plenty. Everything you want costs plenty!” “The best effect of the energy crisis is . . . renewed use of elbow grease.” “Those in favor of conserving gas should raise their right foot.” “Sing your troubles away — who ever saw a bird worry?” “The church is the only society in the world whose chief purpose is to serve those who for the most part are not her members.” Newsletter, FPC, California, Pa.
