Report of the Ministerial Relations Committee

When the 106th Annual Conference adjourned, the churches seeking pastors were:

         Church

         Maple Glen, PA

         Bangor, PA

         Staten Island, NY

         Quakertown, PA

In the year ending September 30, 1990, resignations from pastorates were as follows:

         Church                                Pastor                               Effective Date

         Reading, PA                     David E. Gundrum              April 30, 1990

         Reading, PA                     Jansen E. Hartman              July 2, 1990

         Kutztown, PA                  Randall A. Grossman          July 15, 1990

         Blandon, PA                     George R. Bryson               September 2, 1990

         Catasauqua, PA                Thomas G. Barshinger        October 7, 1990

         Fleetwood, PA                 Frank L. Herb, Jr.                To be Established

The following pastorates were established under our rules:

         Church                                 Pastor                                        Effective Date

         Allentown/Cedar Crest        Clifford B. Boone            October 11, 1989

                                                      (Minister of C.E./Youth)

         Bangor, PA                          Edgar H. Munyan            October 22, 1989

         Oley, PA                              Gilbert J. Vining              October 29, 1989

                                                      (Youth Pastor)

         Maple Glen, PA                   Louis Prontnicki              January 1, 1990

         Pleasant Valley, NY            David R. Way                  January 8, 1990

                                                      (Church Extension)

         Hatfield, PA                        Howard N. Wells             January 20, 1990

         Quakertown, PA                  David E. Gundrum           May 1, 1990

         Edison, NJ                           Richard B. Ravis              May 17, 1990

                                                      (Assoc. Pastor)

                                                      Church Extension

         Nazareth, PA                       Carl J. Fischer, Jr.            May 20, 1990

                                                      (Assoc. Pastor)

         Reading, PA                        Randall A. Grossman       July 16, 1990

The following churches are to be supplied:

         Blandon, PA                                                                 Kutztown, PA

         Catasauqua, PA                                                             Staten Island, NY

         Fleetwood, PA

         We recommend that the following be adopted as resolutions by this 107th Annual Conference:

WHEREAS: We strongly believe it is the Scriptural responsibilities of the church to adequately meet the needs of its pastors, (Matt. 10:10; 1 Cor. 9:7-15; Gal. 6:6; Phil. 4:10-19; 1 Tim. 5:17-18), therefore be it

RESOLVED: That we encourage each church to increase its pastor’s salary at least 5% above the previous year’s salary, and further

RESOLVED: That it is the consensus of this Committee that the minimum salary adequate for a pastor serving a Bible Fellowship Church including benefits is $19,950 for the 1990-91 year.

RESOLVED: That paragraph one on page 140 of the Bible Fellowship Faith and Order which reads: “The Committee shall be composed of four ordained ministers who are serving as pastors and three laymen who are Elders,” be changed to read:

“The Committee shall be composed of four ordained ministers who are presently serving or have served as pastors and three laymen who are Elders”, and further

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RESOLVED: That this legislation be implemented as of the 107th Annual Conference by the Rule of Exception.

Ministerial Relations Committee: Jansen E. Hartman, Chairman; Ronald C. Mahurin; Secretary; Lee E. Boyles, Alva C. Cassel, Harvey J. Fritz, Jr., L. James Roberts, Harold L. Snyder, Jr.