Church Salaries Revealed: How Much Do Pastors REALLY Earn?
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- čas přidán 28. 07. 2024
- In "Church Salaries Revealed: How Much Do Pastors REALLY Earn?", we lift the veil on the financial side of faith.
This eye-opening video unpacks the facts surrounding pastor salaries, offering comprehensive insights into church compensation practices.
We decode the mystifying aspects of pastoral earnings, shining a light on a topic seldom discussed.
Through data-driven analysis and expert perspectives, we dissect the truths and myths about how much pastors genuinely earn.
Whether you're a pastor, a congregation member, or just curious about the economics of faith, this video provides a deep-dive into the intriguing world of church compensation.
Tune in to understand the financial realities faced by the pillars of our religious communities.
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0:00 How Much Should Pastors Make?
0:34 The two extreme mindsets
1:41 The factors to consider
2:00 What is their role?
3:38 The size of the church
5:26 How much experience?
6:27 Education level
7:34 Cost of living
8:16 Recap
8:32 The two factors not to consider
8:38 Family Size
9:05 Age, Race, Gender
10:24 Outro
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Did these numbers surprise you? Do you think pastors are paid fairly? Let us know in the comments.
God bless you sir for your good work of faith. I am a pastor of a church here in Uganda and i do appreciate your efforts in God's kingdom. I have just subscribed to your channel. Shalom.
They are wolves in sheep's clothing.
They aren't living as the Bible says.
They will answer to God.
Jesus and Apostle Paul supported themselves.
Pastors are too lazy to do that.
Let me give you a reality check:
I was a pastors wife for 10 years, during which I did some 20- 30 hours of volunteer work, including Bible studies, retreats and children's ministry.
In the 1990s, I felt the call to ministry. I finished 45 hours at a major Protestant seminary, and received my Masters degree from Loyola University.
During the next years, I served small churches, some rural.
During that time, I made $36,000. In these days, as a single person, this put me barely above the poverty line.
Now I am 67 years old and live on social security - some $847 a month. That, and $207 in retirement from the church now squarely below the poverty line!
All my life, I have put the Lord and my church community first. This is my reality in old age - I will have to work until I die!
Don't be fooled by those relatively few who make exorbitant salaries! In the words of Jesus 'they have received their reward! '
There are far more pastors like me, working in the trenches, struggling just to make it!
We do it because we are called, because we love God and God's people!
Think about pastors like me - who are really the majority! - before you make snap judgments!
If they need be paid it have to be done by their boss like in every business do unless they are beggers
God have mercy on us. This is disgusting. The word honor in the Bible doesn't mean wage. What a joke our church systems have become.
So you are in the pastors should not be paid camp?
@@reachright no, I'm in the camp that they shouldn't be living better than their congregation if they are taking a pay check and having their mortgages , kids private schools, and bills paid for by the church. But I still don't view preaching as a job either. The Bible says a man that doesn't provide for his own, has abandoned the faith and is worse than a nonbeliever. You can say counseling, visiting the sick, as an excuse for paying them if it helps you sleep at night, we are all called to do that just like we are all called to preach the gospel. There are a lot of pastors out there that are worse than an unbeliever. I'm not against supporting ministries that are actually doing things in the communities they are stationed at. Small and large churches pastors have become detached from reality. Pastors these same pastors will preach at you like you are a lazy worthless Christian, mind you, they preach this towards the very people that foot the bill and keep that pastors lights on and his family feed, then challenge you to drop everything you are doing, forsake all and follow God. Read 1 Corinthians 7 and learn something I say. Married people are divided. We have earthly responsibilities to support our families as well as biblical responsibilities. So when I hear that nonsense from a pastor, I simply respond with, ok preacher, you first. I honestly wish I had the means to drop everything and solely work in ministry, but I live in reality, come join me if you'd like.
I am. They applied to Caesar for provision in March 2020. receiving millions in free PPP money. They compromised with the state. In return they just had to be silent about the gigantic lie perpetrated in the world and the church and go along with selling the poison. What betrayers of the truth. They bowed to the beast system and to this day have not publically repented.
Agree. This is absolutely disgusting and unbiblical since that money is collected by preaching a distortion of the tithe-a tax law for a NATION based on produce and animals ONLY, and which is clearly not for the New Testament church.
The money churches collect by this false teaching (the unbiblical tithe) goes mostly for pastors (50-60%) and maintaining their luxurious real state (30-40%), only 1-10% goes into “missions” and helping the poor, widow, the orphan, the foreigner.
Most churches have it backwards. They will be given the Lord account for being unfaithful “servants” who are not serving the needy but are being served by needy and their paychecks.
JT, How then do you expect pastors to provide for their families? If you pay nurses, why not pay Pastors who bless your wedding and bury you?
thank you for sharing this information. I have a couple of questions about these numbers: a. can you give a specific number of number of pastors that are involved in this survey, and what is the median number for salary of pastors?
There were over 10,000 pastors surveyed. Unfortunately they have not published the data on median salary.
Did you take into account the use of a parsonage? We live in a very high cost housing market (one of the highest in the nation) and provide a parsonage to our pastor and his family for the equivalent of about $5,000 per month in rent. Would we add $60,000 to his take home pay to come up with a realistic number?
Yes! The numbers we used were for the total compensation package, so that would include the fair market value of the parsonage and any other housing allowance. We actually did a whole video about the pastor housing allowance provision: czcams.com/video/7jn_LS-AYI8/video.html
@@reachright true pastor does collect a dime for himself or a church building or programs or ..
True pastor obey Matthew 25:35-40 and instructs others to do som
Not to mention. Did you know that if they don't live in a parsonage, the church often gives them a monthly housing payment that they don't report as salary.
The salary from offerings i assume. what do small churches do when the offerings are low
Yes, most churches receive the majority of their income from tithes and offerings. If there isn't enough income the pastor isn't paid. Pastoring a small church is not for the faint of heart!
Our church consist of an employment members most of them are orphans and widows therefore getting paid is a nightmare especially here in Africa. Thank you for sharing
These numbers are for the United States. Even within the United States, the numbers can be very differnt, and Africa even more so!
@@reachright that's cause pastors and church goers love to see Africans starve.
"Woe to you who are rich now..."
Maybe some Africans should starve. Many are killing innocent white people.
Either way, pastors are unbiblical and will answer to God.
Wow, overall these numbers just seem inflated. In what world is an average worship leader 80K+. Perhaps this survey outreach is for SBC world.
They seemed a little high us too!
So if a family only makes 20 or 30 thousand a year, Churches expect them to pay 2 thousand a year
Is there a way to get the average salaries for a church staff... Secretary/office manager... Exec Pastor... Assoc pastor... Youth ministries worker?
Al
We'd love to get out hands on that data and make an updated video.
Could you please provide the source of the numbers you Presented in the video!
its from research.lifeway.com/
Those salaries are ridiculously high as well...
What did you expect the averages to be? How high do you think they are?
@@reachright up to 80k for a "worship pastor"? I heard some of what you said and you make some good points, no attack on you what so ever, you are just letting us know where things are at, but I have seen "worship pastors" the ones I have met and seen do nothing, and some of them make a LOT of money to lead the congregation in the same old Hillsong or modern stuff that has virtually no depth to it, and they are called "worship pastors"? This is a phenon of THIS generation, when I was saved in the 80's there was no such thing in the churches back in the day, yeah, I know, dating myself, but there were choirs and even though I am pretty hip on some ways, those choirs were way better than this stuff they call "worship"today, no one is worth 80k to lead the congregation in singing..
The worship music today with the drum beat is worldly and unholy. It is pop music recycled with christianeze lyrics. Men get paid to entertain the congregation with a feel good radio beat. No one enters in and worships. Because the worship leader controls the show. This is not the early church . What a bunch of charlatans. Lucifer was a worship leader too.
I work in the pest control industry so I go to sometimes 10 houses a day. In most cases pastors are living very well in very nice homes. No matter how nice the person is it always puts a little bit of a stain on the way that I look at them. I understand that they have to support their family, and I’m not expecting them to live in a trailer park, but it just doesn’t sit right. It’s a very sticky situation. I feel like that they should live no better than the average person in their congregation and what I see a lot of the times is them living like the top 5% of their congregation, maybe even 1%.
Yeah, it's tough when you see pastors living so differently from their congregation. But hey, everyone's circumstances are different, right? Keep up your great work!
i want to know how much catholic priest makes??
We don't have any data on this but will try to check.
A generation ago pastors job was seen as a vocation and a minimum wage in general where ii live.
Nowadays they are among the wealthiest in the community.
What are we doing in the west and why are we giving to these systems.
Many many millions of Christians outside of the west have very little materially and spiritually.Gospel needs are great everywhere locally and worldwide.
Be led by the Lord to serve the Lords purposes,this will give great enthusiasm and joy in giving in my experience.
Do your research on this matter regarding the church and charities and causes you support and let us serve the purposes of God in our generation
Beautiful reminder. What we have in this video are the current data of mega churches pastors. But we truly understand the greater need of our pastors, church leaders and churches as a whole outside the community of mega churches.
Did you ever think of consulting the scriptures. I didnt hear you mention the Bible one time?
We love the Bible here, but this video is about how much pastors are actually paid. It isn't about how much they should be paid. The bible does not tell us how much pastors are currently paid in 2024.
So you're telling me pastors make more than teachers. Wtf. 😮
It's important to recognize that salaries can differ based on various factors, including the size of the church and the education field. Both pastors and teachers play vital roles in society, impacting lives in different ways, and we value their contributions to our communities.
@reachright you can't escape the fact that an average pastor with a medium sized church will indeed make more than your average teacher. That is corrupt.
Have you thought about how pastors are teachers? Also, different from teachers, they are required to provide new content every week, aside from other jobs of counseling and discipleship of other believers. I’m not saying they should get paid more or less, but primarily pushing back to say that these things aren’t so black and white as your comment seem to make it.
Jesus Devoted an entire chapter in the Bible to this subject and the people receiving these salaries for their so called time and anointment.
GO READ MATTHEW 23
Thanks for sharing!
Not one thing you said was biblical.
Even the idea of a “lead” pastor. Show me in the scriptures where anything you said is taught and prescribed.
🙄
If you are not just trolling, you might start with actually reading/studying some theology on the subject of Pastoral leadership. I'd recommend "Shepherds After My Own Heart: Pastoral Traditions and Leadership in the Bible "- by Timothy Laniak. No one is going to learn theology in the comments section of a youtube video.
@@voltrondefender1174 no body care about a man made rule . Show me from the Bible . In the days of the apostles it was just food provision. They all have jobs outside of ministries.
@@shanicebrown1585 What part of my book recommendation led you to believe that it was not explaining and exegeting scripture? Do you think I should write a dissertation in the comments section of a youtube video? If you want to learn, you have to read/study. That's how learning works. Your comment about "just food provisions" is absolutely absurd...
@@voltrondefender1174 the word of God is not for sale . Isaiah 28:10 in interpreting doctrine. It should be done precepts by precepts lined by Line, some here ,some there.1 Timothy 5: let the elders rule who labor in the doctrine be counted worthy for a double honor. You should not cover the mouth of an ox that shredded the corn. The laborer is worthy of his reward. in using the precepts by precepts technique to interpret the Bible these 2 verse is found 2 places in the Bible. Deut 25:4 you should not muzzle an ox . A labour is worthy his reward was a statement by Jesus Luke 10:7 .Paul giving this verse, you would have to go back to the teachings of Jesus to see why Paul quoted Jesus words “labour is worthy of his reward”. Jesus was sending his disciples into ministry he said “Carry neither purse, nor bag, nor shoes.whatever household welcome you let your peace be upon it . remain in that house , eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his wages . When they leave that house they continue in the same manner unto the next house or city not taking anything with them but receiving food and drinks from those who welcomes them .
I have God all.over around me
I do.not need ,pastors,,churches
we still need leaders and mentors in our lives
TRUE pastors earn ONLY heavenly rewards.
Pastors today are wolves in sheep's clothing.
All of them if they keep Any money for themselves or if they don't live God's way.
They should live like God says in Acts but they don't.
Disagree.
@@reachright hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha
@@endtimesareuponus8930how immature.
Truth!!!
Pagan false teachers
Pastors get paid more than catholic priests.
Usually depends on the size of the church
Ridiculous! Stop making false prediction. But I know you won't stop because one day you're prediction will come true b/c you continually make predictions for certain time windows, etc. It disgusts me. You're a con for all the previous predictions you falsely made.
Who is making false predictions?