2006-07-31 16:49:20 · 15 answers · asked by jdogg4me 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2006-07-31 16:52:15 · answer #1 · answered by Tim 47 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm not sure about all Church's, but at my church the minister doesn't even touch the tithing [ I believe most churches are like that], we have a finance commity, there are 3 people that count & deposit the money into the church account. The minister receives a salary and thats all. The salary is set by a church council [members of the church voted into their positions] other then serving the church, the minister does not run the church, we have commities that control all the activities of the church, other then the service itself. The church does have a parsonage [a home that belongs to the church] where the minister lives rent free.
2006-07-31 23:59:26 · answer #2 · answered by amom 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are already many well thought out answers on here already, but since I came here to answer it I will just tell you what we do at our church. Other churches may be different.
Our pastor's salary is set by the church fianance committee. There was also a parsonage in the deal, but the church agreed to sell the parsonage to the pastor's family, with the option that if he ever left the church got the first chance to buy it back. This is good for both parties. The pastor builds up equity in the home because he is paying a mortgage. When he leaves and sells the home he will have something to show for it, and hopefully enough for a down payment where ever he ends up. Also, now the church is not responsible for the upkeep of the parsonage. That is all up to the pastor and his family. In order to make this move the finance committee had to vote to up his salary so that he could handle the mortgage payments, and the financial burden of the upkeep on the home. I don't know how much our pastor makes, but I know it is not enough to support his wife and two children. It is important to their family that he act as a full time pastor and devote his time to the church, so instead of the pastor having a "day-job" his wife teaches elementary school.
2006-08-01 00:13:06 · answer #3 · answered by reteach007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tithes do not belong to the minister. They belong to God. The tithe is to be used to take care of the needs of the church/sanctuary/ministry/temple. From the tithes a pastor receives a salary to meet the needs of his family and personal life. It should not be exhorbitant. The IRS frowns on any church giving a senior pastor a wage that is out of proportion with the income of the church/non-profit ministry. But keep in mind that the senior pastor is the equivalent of a CEO who is on demand 24/7 yet who is usually underpaid for his services. Many churches require pastors to have college degrees/masters/doctorates...yet he is often not paid as well as others with his education. He is a servant of the people. If your pastor's salary exceeds $100,000 per year and the congregation size is less than 200 people, he is probably receiving too much. However, if he is receivingn$25,000 he is underpaid. Most ministers do not get to determine what there salary is. A church board ususally determines that for him. This of course depends on the denomination and the bylaws of that church.
2006-08-01 00:00:24 · answer #4 · answered by rejoiceinthelord 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Please guys! Get your facts straight! Most ministers today are salaried just like in any other occupation. The church elders put together a "package" that includes salary, (sometimes) housing, medical insurance and some kind of retirement plan. The package is reviewed each year, and usually increased to meet the cost of living.
It is a fact that many ministers serve in small congregations who can't afford to pay a full-time pastor. Many of these ministers hold day jobs in addition to their duties at the church.
Yes, some ministers can get caught up in greed, but that is the exception rather than the rule.
2006-08-01 00:00:31 · answer #5 · answered by freedomnow1950 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a minister I received a salary ($200.00) a month and held down a full time job. Minister's should be receiving a salary with no percentage or skimming money off the top of the tithes
2006-07-31 23:57:56 · answer #6 · answered by Wile 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our Pastor gets a salary, but it's very small. He has been our Pastor for 20 years or so. When he was younger, he built houses, and didn't have a salary. As he got older, and couldn't physically work that hard, he retired from construction and the church voted to give him a salary.
I've been to churches where the Pastor got no salary.
2006-08-01 00:45:06 · answer #7 · answered by Flip 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If a minister Tithes he is a bit of a crook or deceiver already!
Nope.
2006-07-31 23:54:06 · answer #8 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ministers have a set monthly salary, there is a board of directors that manage the church's money...his salary is reviewed yearly and set according to inflation, often there is a house that that church owns also that is part of the ministers bonuses
2006-07-31 23:57:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A ministers salary is usually set by the churches council heads when they are hired by the church.
2006-07-31 23:57:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every congregation handles its funds differently, but I have never heard of a percentage system for the pastor.
2006-07-31 23:55:26 · answer #11 · answered by steve 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋