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Originally Posted by Hoovie
I "heard" it was 10%. I am sure it depends on what is thrown into the overhead bin... It's not just answering phones.
There are many non-profits that are over 50% administrative.
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Hoovie,
It went to 15% in the mid-eighties. I was so upset over it (I was assisting in a home missions church) that over the principle I stopped supporting PIM missions and just gave to the church general fund.
Some background. Attending same HM church was BIL and sister of well known head of FM department. They had recently returned from visiting BIL in Hazelwood and BIL was commenting on the FM head's "beautiful home" and nice car (a Lincoln). About the same time was the uptick in percentage to the
Home Office.
I was furious that the FM Head was high rolling on the backs of his PIMs, and said as much to the aforementioned. It wasn't but a couple of weeks later that my pastor called my wife and I into a S.S. room after church and lambasted us, warning us that he would not tolerate anyone "coming here and splitting my church". It was pretty toxic.
As his outreach director and adult Sunday school teacher (and sometime worship leader) I gave him my Search For Truth contacts and made that Sunday the last Sunday I attended a UPC church as a licensed minister in the UPC.
I understand that there needs to be cash flow to keep these offices open, but there is no reason for any church official whether in an organizational headquarters or a pastor overseeing a congregation to live off the sweat of those laboring in the fields. It almost creates a caste system; the Leadership vs the Workers. ???
Anybody got anything to add?