CHAPTER I
SUPPORT OF EFFECTIVE MINISTERS
I. Support of Bishops
¶ 267. The salaries
of our bishops shall be raised by conference collections; and the Executive
Commission shall make the apportionment to the respective conferences and
so arrange the time for taking the collections for the same among said
conferences that some shall be taken in each quarter of the year.
II. Support of District Elders
¶ 268. The district
elder shall be supported by the conference or district to which he is appointed,
as provided for in Paragraph 208 (17), each circuit contributing its proportion,
as agreed upon in the annual or quarterly conference. In case he is elected
stationed district elder he shall be supported by the circuit or charge
to which he is appointed.
III. Support of Preachers in Charge
¶ 269. 1. It
shall be the duty of the finance committee appointed by the official board,
who shall be members of the church, to make, after consulting with the
preacher in charge, an estimate of the amount necessary for the support
of the preacher or preachers stationed with them; which estimate shall
be subject to the action of the official board.
2. The finance committee shall report regularly
to the official board.
3. The membership is requested to co-operate
heartily with this plan, giving not less than one-tenth of the net annual
income for the Lord’s work.
IV. Support of Evangelists
¶ 270. Evangelists
shall depend upon the fields in which they labor for their support, except
in case of general evangelists, whose salaries are provided by appropriations
from the Commission on Evangelism and by collections on their fields of
labor.
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