[Gamecock]

WOW! What a lack of accountability to the members.

This “board of overseers” also sets the salary and housing allowance for the 33-year-old pastor, using a compensation study of a range of churches that’s conducted by a law firm the church won’t identify.”

In the past have been involved in setting out pastor's salary. We decided that his salary should reflect that of the congregation. His housing allowance should allow him to live in a manner consistent with that of the members. We were a middle class church, the pastor should have a similar lifestyle as his flock.

[PAR35]

The megachurches sound like they have a pretty good deal. I'll set your salary that I don't have to pay, and you set my salary that you don't have to pay. No conflict there, wink, wink. using a compensation study of a range of churches that’s conducted by a law firm the church won’t identify.

There are plenty of places to get legitimate salary surveys.

We were a middle class church, the pastor should have a similar lifestyle as his flock.

We are a wealthier church, so the preacher should be making a good bit more than I do. He certainly lives in a more expensive neighborhood.

If you are Presbyterian, then the Presbytery acts as a secondary level of control on the pastor's salary.