I don’t think God calls any of us to earn a paycheck peddling Him.
You seem to be forgetting the Holy Apostle Paul’s plea on behalf of himself and Barnabas in which he appealed to the Mosaic Law’s prohibition on muzzling an ox.
” I don’t think God calls any of us to earn a paycheck peddling Him”
I don’t think G_D calls any of us to build big buildings.
I don’t think G_D calls any of us to be over others.
I don’t think G_D calls us to pay someone to pray for us.
I don’t think G_D calls us to pay someone to read the Word to us.
Leave the milk people and look for yourself for the meat of the Word.
1 Timothy 5:17-18 Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching. 18 For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer deserves his wages.”
He is not being paid to *peddle* God. He's being paid to care for the flock full time.
If a man is hired to do that job, he needs to be paid well enough for it.
The job description needs to be well delineated and he needs to be held accountable for what he does and not be taken advantage of by the congregation and I have seen that happen as well.