Many smaller churches need a new roof, computer, projector, carpet, curriculum, sound system, & building repairs all at the same time. The problem is that so much of the church’s income goes to trying to afford the pastors salary. Many rural churches cannot afford to give their pastor a raise. Many rural churches don’t even want to talk about it because of how overwhelming and divisive it is. Many small or rural church pastors and churches are constantly thinking about how to keep the spouse of the pastor from having two jobs. For example it’s through my wife’s hard work and dedication that we keep many of our monthly costs very low as a family. Our church knows that it’s because of her fulltime job of being mom, pastors wife, cooking, preserving, sewing, hemming, coupon collecting, saving and thrift store prowess we can actually pull this whole small church gig off.
From a pastor’s perspective there are some well-known options here.... Keep reading
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