04-28-2008, 05:19 PM
>>>I don't think it's anybody's business how they chose to handle his retirement, it's their money not ours.
There's always been a lot of debate regarding the pay of pastors, etc. It's not fair to expect them to take a vow of poverty, but I don't think extravagance is a good example for clergy to present either. I know of churches that pay pastors the average of the congregation members' incomes, which sounds fair, but I can see not working well. Mormons don't pay their bishops at all, which has it's advantages and disadvantages also. There's no perfect answer, but all the pastors I've known had a very modest income. kj.
There's always been a lot of debate regarding the pay of pastors, etc. It's not fair to expect them to take a vow of poverty, but I don't think extravagance is a good example for clergy to present either. I know of churches that pay pastors the average of the congregation members' incomes, which sounds fair, but I can see not working well. Mormons don't pay their bishops at all, which has it's advantages and disadvantages also. There's no perfect answer, but all the pastors I've known had a very modest income. kj.