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The Church should be well-funded through obedience and generosity as a response to gratitude.
And the leaders and teams should be compensated in a way that provides relevant footing for them to engage with the marketplace leaders and real-world people they’re called to reach.
This essay addresses the evidently-taboo topic of church staff compensation. It's intended to make you THINK, not think any specific way or even agree with me. Pay a lot, pay a little, pay nothing. You decide that.
My goal is to provide you another way to think about what I've discovered very few actually think about at all.
I address some of the problems I see around this topic. And provide some anecdotes, hot takes, and paradigm shakers throughout.
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Problem One: The Standard Pay Myth
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Problem Two: Most churches have leaders who cannot budget well. And even fewer who can stick to a budget.
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Problem Three: Most churches are grossly overstaffed and underperforming.
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Problem Four: There are very few pastors and executives who genuinely want their teams to be as successful or more successful than them.
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