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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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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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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One should proceed with some amount of caution when you zig when everyone else zags – which is exactly what I have done when it comes to developing an exit strategy for my church staff. It might be a good idea to take what I say with a grain of salt, because what I am …
Some our mistakes are made simply because they seemed to be a good idea at the time. One hiring mistake made frequently by churches not only seems to be a smart thing to do, but the right thing to do. This is what I would call the compassionate hire or the hire out of pity. …
