What Does Your Church Pay Your Pastor?

[Waldo L]

(07-25-2011 08:25 PM)bamabob1 Wrote:  To be honest I am guessing our pastor makes between $80,000-$85,000 a year. This could go higher depending on what the church gives him for his birthday and Christmas. Our church is around 200-225 members.

Do you goto my church? Those numbers are dead on for my place. But I know for sure about the salary because it's in the budget and the business meeting was just last week. And they voted to freeze his salary again instead of adding a COLA. Seriously, expenses are going up, he's got 7 kids, and they lock his salary down?! Let's say I was not one of the ones who said "aye!" He's worth every penny of his $81,xxx.