Executive Committee Increases Salary Structure in The SBC

I didn't know salaries of our SBC officials were so sensitive. I wonder why that is?

 

Now, now, Brother Ian!!!! Youuuuuuuuu know as well as I do---that if you get down to the individual church level---that things reallllly get sensitive-----down to costs on toilet paper and paper towels-----much less---the pastor's salary!!!!!

Just goes to prove----reaction to "upper crust" salaries are as sensitive as us in the "lower crust!!!"

Blackbird

 

This has been a very sensitive issue for years in the SBC.

Several years ago an inquiry started by a few of the Presidents of some State Conventions created a lot of heat on the part of some of the SBC Executives who did not want their salaries publicized.

The main reason is if the average person in the SBC knew what some of these guys make there would be a revolt in the pew.

 

I've been in a SBC for 11 years. I never thought about the salaries of convention staffers. Does the SBC president get a salary from the convention?

 

I tried to get a list a few years ago on where all the money our church was giving to SBC and our preacher finally told me he could not get a complete list from SBC. I wonder if all the overhead makes Assoc. worth it. could not a church feel better knowing the are giving directly to a mission and 100% of the funds going to that mission?

 

Buckster,

I'm pretty sure the SBC advertizes how much goes to missions, but I'm sure in that total, could be salaries paid to Convention Missions Directors, etc. One good way is to support missionaries directly or through the International Mission Board.

Does anybody know how much a state convention president or SBC president gets paid for that position?

 

State Convention President (in SC) is not paid. Re-imbursed for any travel, lodging, meals that he might incur while on "official" convention representation.

 

just seems like a lot of overhead to me. our chuch struggles (I mean really struggles. the treas sometimes has to tell the pastor not to cash his check until she has made a deposit) to keep the bills paid but will not miss sending money to the Assoc.

 

You can just about take a wild guess---give or take a few thousand---my wild guess for SBC Exec/Treasurer Chapman would range probably around $150,000 + or -

State Exec/Treasurers probably lower---probably somewhere in the neighborhood of $120,000.000

Not bad doughnuts!!!!!

My salary here is----is----is----is----is open for anyone to see----just get your hands on a monthly statement---its disclosed there-----now---one thing I ain't gonna do---I ain't gonna let cha peak at my checkbook----my checkbook is my business----but what I get paid is open season for your vision!!!!

 

our preacher get $250/week from the church (nothing else no other benifits)and he puts back way more than that.(not that he lets any one know. he is just one of the few who is even working age. so it is not hard to figure out) And I would put his sermons and the time he spends at the hospital up against a lot of other preachers I know. of course he is not full time and I doubt if he would even ever consider it. he also cuts the grass and has never asked for a penny for gas.

 

I find the amounts you are stating for these men somewhat upsetting.

 

Buckster----Blackbird is bettin' that it wouldn't be quiet upsettin'----if it were Buckster pullin' in "Six figures" instead of those "upper crust" boys in Nashville!!! Just think----Buckster could be drivin' a Caddy Coup DeVille instead of that Pontiac Bonneville!!!!!!

Don't let it get you !!!

 

I think that you would find those numbers very low.

 

$123,669 + $24,727 = $148,396 is the average Pastor's salary of some of the larger churches ... So, my wild guess is that they make a little bit more ...

 

Hmmm... United churches, large hierarchical staff system, large salaries: is this really what Jesus intended for the church?

 

What'd Jesus say???

"To whom much is given, much will be required!"

 

Just my preference, but I would prefer not giving my money to some beaurocratic "convention" that is mostly, for all intents and purposes, invisible to me.

 

Talk about a group of SBC employees who need raises? The folks on the Executive Committee ought to consider how difficult it is for a "low level" seminary staffer to make ends meet. Oh yeah... that's right I forgot it's a ministry not a job!