My friend's pastor & his wife live in a house next to the church on the same property. Its a smallish, rural church, with one full time pastor. In the past, all the pastors they have had have lived in that house. When they quit being the pastor they had to move.
So I'm curious, and my friend didnt know: If the pastor keeps on being pastor til he is too old to give sermons anymore, then what? It wouldn't be very church-like to kick him out in his old age. But if the old pastor keeps living there, what do they do for/with a new pastor? Then, if the old pastor dies in the house, the new one wont want to live there will he? So what does the church do?
Also, since he's full time and the church pays his salary, does the church pay him less because he doesnt have rent or a mortgage to pay for (since he lives in that house by the church)? Who decides how much he gets paid? It wouldn't be right if HE did, would it? Do the deacons vote or something, how does it usually work?
2006-08-19
07:30:06
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cartmansmom
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