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Old 01-29-2017, 03:59 PM
wire2john wire2john is offline
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Re: question about pastors salary

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Originally Posted by Scott Pitta View Post
We were taught at CLC that a pastor should peg his wages to the average income of his church. Case in point, Kenneth Haney never drove a nicer car than a Buick.

When I was a church treasurer, pastors were paid wages like any other employee. The first 3 years, their pension contribution and vacation days increased. Our stating policy was "as the church prospers, so will the pastor."
This sounds like the way most churches do it, how does it square with tithing doctrine though? My understanding of tithing is that 10% of income is owed to the pastor personally.
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