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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
This is totally for the sake of argument, but even a church is a business, and in the American Capitalist society, shouldn't a pastor who takes care of a church of 10,000 earn significantly more than a pastor who takes care of a church of 100? They're still people who do a job and expect to be fairly compensated for what they do. If the VP of Finance of Google was making the same amount of money as the VP of Finance of the 30 person Corp. in the next town over, that person would certainly feel slighted.
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That's just basic math. When my dad first started preaching, he was the head pastor of a church of maybe 80 members. Needless to say at that point in time, we were really, really poor. But he was there for 7 years, grew the church to 600 members, and as the budget grew, so did his salary. Of course, my dad is the uber-responsible type and works 70 hours a week, so the more members he had to take care of, and the more members contributed in the offering, naturally, the more money my dad made. What irks me to no end is some of the pastors that come into a church and expect to make a lot of money because there are a lot of members (and contributions) that can help them live a lavish lifestyle, all the while, not doing much more than being the face of the church, and maybe hammering out a 10 minute message every week. That is not what ministry is about. If a pastor of a megachurch works as hard as my dad, then I'd say he absolutely deserves a high salary, and whatever he wants to do with his money is his business. But I have to wonder what that pastor has gotten out of the Gospel, if he's buying marble commodes and french clocks... What would Jesus do with a Lexus?