minister renounces salary to take job As railroad laborer LANARK ILL renouncing his church salary because of a steady decline in revenue the rev har mon H bro 27 pastor of the chris tian church has taken a job as a railroad section hand to support his family the minister a harvard graduate and son of a college president told his congregation he will continue to serve the church without salary which was a month including parsonage rent he Is married and the father of a baby daughter his job as a railroad section hand pays 85 cents an hour for a 48 hour week a total of 68 66 a month in announcing his decision to take the job mr bro told bis his con grega tion there are too many people in modern churches who think that the kingdom of god Is just something you hire a preacher to worry about so the congregation can relax he explained that only about 30 of the church s members attend services regularly church income he added has been dropping regu barly