MINISTERIAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE
BIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH
102ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 14, 1985
When the 101st Annual Conference adjourned, the churches seeking pastors were:
CHURCH DATE OF VACANCY
Englishtown,NJ 5/10/83
Oley, PA 5/29/83
Zionsville, PA 8/19/84
In the year ending September 30, 1985, resignations from pastorates were as follows:
CHURCH PASTOR EFFECTIVE DATE
Lehighton,PA Larry Carpenter 11/1/84
Bethlehem, PA Robert F. Johnson 12/1/84
Fleetwood, PA Robert H. Stringfellow 1/13/85
Sinking Spring,PA David N. Schoen (Ass’t) 1/27/85
Allentown (Cedar
Crest) PA Mark C. Solt (Ass’t) 1/29/85
York, PA Harvey J. Fritz, Jr. 2/20/85
Maple Glen, PA Louis Prontnicki (Ass’t) 5/10/85
Paradise, PA Kenneth L. Good 6/08/85
Edison, NJ David J. Watkins 6/30/85
The following pastorates were successfully established under our rules:
CHURCH PASTOR EFFECTIVE DATE
Whaley Lake, Holmes
NY (Church Extension
Dept.) Robert S. Commerford 8/6/84
Wallingford, PA W. Neil Harding (Ass’t) 10/15/84
Mount Pocono A. L. Seifert 11/18/84
(Church Ext.Dept)
Englishtown,NJ Raymond G. Burnett 12/19/84
Zionsville,PA W. David Armstrong 1/2/85
Lehighton, PA Mark C. Solt 2/3/85
Bethlehem, PA Harvey J. Fritz, Jr. 2/20/85
Walnutport, PA David W. Chappell 4/9/85
(Church Ext.Dept)
York, PA Kenneth L. Good 6/9/85
Oley, PA Kenneth F. Barber 9/1/85
Paradise, PA Ralph Soper 9/17/85
The following churches are to be supplied:
CHURCH DATE OF VACANCY
Fleetwood, PA 1/13/85
We recommend that the following be adopted as resolutions by this 102nd 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; I Cor. 9:715; Gal. 6:6; Phil. 4:10-19; I Tim. 5:17-18), therefore be it
RESOLVED, that we encourage each church to increase its pastor’s salary at least 6.5% 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 $15,230.00 for the 1985-86 year.
Jansen E. Hartman, Chairman; Ronald C. Mahurin, Secretary; Lee E. Boyles, Harvey J. Fritz, Jr., Frank L. Herb, Jr., L. James Roberts, Harold L. Snyder, Jr., Committee