Drastic Step

"There are too many people . . . who think that the Kingdom of God is just something you hire a preacher to worry about so the congregation can relax." In fact, said 27-year-old Rev. Harmon H. Bro of the Christian Church of Lanark, Ill., his church's 100 members were so relaxed that only about 30 attended services regularly, and church revenue was steadily declining. "This calls for a drastic step," he added. "The only thing I can think of is to set an example. . . ."

Last week, Harvard Divinity School Graduate Bro went to work as a section hand for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad. At 85-c- an hour, 48 hours a week, his monthly earnings will be about $175--$25 less than his church pay. "As long as necessary," he said, he would support himself by other means and serve the church without salary.

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