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DCLM Daily Manna 28 May 2019 – You Are Blessed
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Open Heaven 28 May 2019 – There is an Alternative
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how the Christian contenders fared
As MEP results come in across the UK, the general picture shows a trend towards decisiveness, with The Brexit Party, Liberal Democrats, Green Party, Plaid Cymru and SNP all improving their vote share.
The Brexit Party have the most seats, with 28, swallowing the 25 UKIP seats from 2014 and coming top in nearly every region in England.
The Lib Dems won in London, with Labour losing two of their four seats there.
Labour and Christians on the Left member Sanchia Alasia missed out in London, she told Premier: “These elections were always going to be tough for the Labour Party, both in London where I stood in, and nationally because obviously the country is still – from what we’ve seen from these election results – quite polarised.
“We’ve seen the Brexit party get get high results, but we’ve also seen, you know, Remain parties such as Lib Dems and Greens get high results, so the country is still polarised.
“For London where I stood, we’re happy that we got two MEPs elected because they will now go on to Brussels to champion workers’ rights, fight against climate change and many other important issues.
“Obviously, the Tories have been virtually wiped out. I think they’ve only got three MEPs left. They’ve been totally wiped out in London. So, obviously they’ve got to reflect on the results in London and also across the country.”
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Church in Ireland moderator given honorary doctorate
The next Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the Minister of Maze Presbyterian Church, Rev William Henry, has been awarded an honorary Doctorate of Divinity.
It is a tradition of the Church to acknowledge the incoming Moderator with this honour, which was conferred by the Presbyterian Theological Faculty, Ireland at its annual graduation ceremony at the Presbyterian Church in Ireland’s Assembly Buildings in Belfast.
Dr Henry, the youngest moderator in recent records, was one of a number of recipients of awards, which included five ministry students at Union Theological College graduating with Postgraduate Diploma in Ministry and two students graduating with Graduate Certificates in Youth Ministry.
Rev Professor Michael McClenahan, Professor of Systematic Theology at UTC, spoke about the years that he had known the Moderator-Designate, which included an eight week placement in Dr Henry’s Maze congregation as part of his application for the ministry.
Describing him as his “respected brother in Jesus Christ and as a minister of the Gospel of God,” Professor McClenahan also spoke of the Dr Henry’s clear sense of God’s call on his life to the ministry.
This included serving in Whiteabbey Presbyterian Church, as Assistant Minister to Rev Trevor Gribben, who is now Clerk of the General Assembly, and Dr Henry’s call to Maze Presbyterian Church…
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Should a Church Show Individual Pastor and Staff Salaries in the Budget?
This question comes to the Church Answers’ team and me a few times a month. It often evokes some pretty strong emotions. Can a church member (or, in some cases, guests) look at a church budget and know exactly what everyone on church staff earns?
The tension is between transparency and misunderstanding. On the one hand, transparency is usually a good default posture. Especially in congregational polity, church members have final authority over major decisions. It just makes sense they should have visibility to pastor and staff salaries.
On the other hand, putting detailed staff salaries before all the church members can be a problem for the following reasons:
- Many church members get confused over the term “packages.” For example, pastors with a “package” of $60,000 may only be making $45,000. The difference is the benefits, such as retirement and health insurance. The package is the total cost to the church. The salary (which sometimes includes housing) is what the pastor actually gets. Many church members view the package as the equivalent of a salary, but it definitely is not. In fact, most church members likely do not know their secular-equivalent package in their vocations. In other words, they do not know the costs of their benefits to their employer.
- Visibility of a specific salaries and benefits of pastors and church staff can create tensions among the staff. Can you imagine what it would be like if secular employers posted all the salaries of their employees each month?
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