How are/should preachers be paid

[Nitehawk013]

I know our Pastor is on salary. I have never asked how that salary is determined nor do I know how much it is.

I do know it is a pretty good amount. I say that because he is paid monthly and has said that on more than one occasion he has not taken a paycheck some months in order to pay the church bills or various special offerings/needs. So in essence, he makes enough that he could go without a paycheck for an entire month an be fine. I also know he has bought things for the church as a gift from he and his wife that cost a few thousand dollars and didn't bat an eye during our building program.

I don't know anyone making what I am making that could just go without a paycheck for a month and not be really really hurting. Nor do I know anyone making what I make that could just go out and plop down a couple thousand dollars for new equipment for the church.

In his defense of course, it could be that he has been extremely frugal and has a very substantial savings account to draw from in these instances. I do not know. I do want to be sure to try to see both sides and possibilities though.