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Show Minister Renounces Salary To Take Job As Railroad Laborer LANARK, ILL. Renouncing his church salary because of a "steady decline in revenue," the Rev. Harmon Har-mon H. Bro, 27, pastor of the Christian 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 $200 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 $177.66 a month. In announcing his decision to take the job, Mr. Bro told his congregation: congrega-tion: "There are too many people In modern churches who think that the kingdom of God is just something some-thing you hire a preacher to worry about so the congregation can relax." He explained that "only about 30" of the church's 100 members attend services regularly. Church income, he added, has been dropping regularly. |