Methodists on the Move

> Only one Methodist minister in 50 has stayed at any one church more than five years in the two decades since 1920.

> Two out of every five pastors move on to another parish every year; only one in four holds a church more than two years, only one in seven beyond three years.

> Average membership of all Methodist churches is 185, with 73% located in small towns or rural areas. Average Methodist minister's salary is $1,496 ($28.77 a week).

These statistics, released last week by the Methodist Division of Home Missions, make it clear once more that, although the old church rule requiring him to move every year is now repealed, a Methodist minister does indeed need "one foot in heaven" to put up with his lot on earth.

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