Supergirl
With Love & Silk
I don't seek to be critical of church leaders, but sometimes I find myself doing so. This is something I have asked God to help me with.
I know that if I can't bring this up many other places, I can bring it up here.
At my church, a pastor's love offering is taken up every week, twice a week. (regular Sunday service and a service during the week) I have started to question this. Why you ask. Well, I attend a very large church, at least 10,000 members. The pastor is on salary. His salary is 80K. He is open about his salary which is why I know that he is on salary and how much it is.
So I am thinking that even if 25% of the members of the church contribute $1 to the love offering each time it is taken, that would be $5,000/week, equaling roughly $20,000/month. Something about that just does not sit well with me.
In the spirit of fairness, I know that when our pastor preaches at other places that church will usually give him a little something or take a love offering up for him AND he will turn around and gift that money right back to that church. I'd say that's admirable.
But in my mind, I can't seem to justify why a pastor would need their 80k/year salary plus multiple thousands in love offering.
I know that if I can't bring this up many other places, I can bring it up here.
At my church, a pastor's love offering is taken up every week, twice a week. (regular Sunday service and a service during the week) I have started to question this. Why you ask. Well, I attend a very large church, at least 10,000 members. The pastor is on salary. His salary is 80K. He is open about his salary which is why I know that he is on salary and how much it is.
So I am thinking that even if 25% of the members of the church contribute $1 to the love offering each time it is taken, that would be $5,000/week, equaling roughly $20,000/month. Something about that just does not sit well with me.
In the spirit of fairness, I know that when our pastor preaches at other places that church will usually give him a little something or take a love offering up for him AND he will turn around and gift that money right back to that church. I'd say that's admirable.
But in my mind, I can't seem to justify why a pastor would need their 80k/year salary plus multiple thousands in love offering.