Staff Salaries as a Percentage

For several years, in my church the trend has been in the 45% to 50% range.

 

I went and looked at our breakdown and staff ran 44% of the total church budget last year.

 

0%!!!!!! If members are not willing to freely give their time and talents to further the gospel of Christ; We are in a terrible state of being. We need to get our priorities in tune with God's priorities. MY personal belief is that the furtherance of the Gospel and the teaching of the people are at the head of the list. My budget would consist of: Necessities (utility, insurance, etc), Pastor's salary, Missions, Emergency Fund. It would be nice to have a policy of when we have extra funds; send them to the missionaries on the field.

 

Bro. K.,

I appreciate your sentiment--but if you pay your pastor, then the percentage is greater than 0%.




I believe ours is somewhere around 46%. We have 15 full-time employees (or very near full-time)--that includes ministers, ministry assistants, and support staff (custodian, building supervisor, etc.) We also have 7-8 part-time folks, and some nursery personnel that log just a few hours per month.

 

1. The pastor isn't staff?
2. Do you believe that only a pastor should be paid? How about ministry assistants/secretaries/etc? Janitors/Custodians? How about other ministers (music, youth, children, education, etc.)?

 

Ours runs just over 50%.

 

I'm the new pastor of a small church in a small town. I and the janitor are the only staff members. Combined, our salaries make up 64% of the budget, but nearly all of that is my salary (59% of the budget).

In the 10 months that I've been here, the church's bank balance has gone down about $500 per month on average because of their step of faith to pay me a full-time salary. We're growing very slowly, but if the balance trend doesn't turn around in the next year or two, I will request a smaller salary and look for another part-time position in town.

 

Bro Chris.... We need more men with your attitude in our pulpits. :godisgood:

 

There are many out there. They just do so without recognition or spotlight (not that our Bro Chris is asking for either).

Two points:
1. Churches (or any organization, for that matter) will see most of their dollars go to human resources - staff. It's expensive to have an employee, be he a pastor, the accountant at the lawyer's office, the dental hygenist, whatever.
2. Churches gripe that such a big percent of their money goes to the preacher. Here's a thought - GIVE as the Bible requires, and your pastor's salary won't be taking up as much of the undesignated receipts :godisgood:
When the avg Christian gives somewhere around 2-3%, no wonder we have money issues.

 

A staff member is one who is member of a staff. A staff has more than one member; if not an individual would be referred to as an assistant. Every staff
has a leader to which they report to; which in this case would be the Pastor.
Pastor's responsibility is that of an Overseer. I Timothy 3: 4-5 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity. (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall be take care of the church of God?).