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Churches of the Living Dead: 6 Silver Bullets to Fight the Zombie Horde

By John Albiston Have you ever seen churches of the living dead?  From a distance they almost look like the living – they move and shuffle about and even occasionally moan and make some noise.  But up close you’ll see they have no vision, no passion, no plan, and definitely no new life.  Unlike the …

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What Should We Pay Our Pastor? : Part 3 – Systems That Work

 Back to Part 2 There are many possible systems a church can use to determine how to compensate their pastoral staff – some are good some are bad. Systems that don’t work Denominational Guidelines It’s not that denominational guidelines *can’t* work, it’s just that they usually don’t.  The problem is that most existing guidelines aren’t …

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What Should We Pay Our Pastor? : Part 2 – A Historical Perspective

Back to Part 1 From the time of Constantine (325 AD) to the present there seems to be three separate ages and models of pastoral compensation: The Medieval Age (325-1500AD), The Reformed Age (1500-1900), and The 20th Century Collapse (1900-Present).  The borders of these eras are pretty fuzzy depending on what country you’re talking about …

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What Should We Pay Our Pastor? : Part 1 – A Biblical Perspective

Pastoral compensation is an issue that faces most churches, however most pastors never teach on the subject because they fear such teaching will appear self-serving.  The result is that pastoral salaries are rarely based on Biblical principles.  This clearly will not do.  What we need to do is start with the teachings of Scripture, recognize …

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Outreach, Evangelism, & Money: A Fresh Look at Church Finances

           Matthew 25:18 But the servant who received the one bag of silver dug a hole in the ground and hid the master’s money. A new perspective on your church finances can open up some exciting new leadership opportunities and will dramatically turn up the heat on your evangelism efforts. Unfortunately church budgeting and finances …

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