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Show . Security of Tenure in Office Is One of the Greatest Needs of the Minister By E. C HAYES, Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois Churches go where the biggest collections are possible, not where the greatest opportunity for work exists. If twenty thousand immigrants move into a certain section of a city, twenty churches move out. In proportion sas a church is needed in such a neighborhood its existence is rare. Security of tenure in office is one of the great needs of the minister. The minister must not only please Mrs. Grundy but must also retain the favor of nil the other ladies and gentlemen of his parish. The church feels that it must do those things which help to maintain its strength, which help to maintain the particular denominations. |