Intriguing little factoid on late 19th century ministry fundraising:
“In Christchurch, the congregation of St Andrew’s wrote home for a clever minister who was not only a good preacher… but capable of ‘giving an occasional week evening lecture on Astronomy, Geology, Natural History or other subjects of popular and instructive interest.’ Such lectures were very popular & often an important source of fundraising.”
Breward, History of the Churches in Australasia
