Pastors Should Volunteer Their Services With No Compensation Required

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by Alter Ego

I don't think pastors should be paid at all. They should work 40 hours at their secular job, 40 hours at the church per week, be available at all hours, and have their sermon notes approved by the church board before every service.

I also believe their children and spouse should appear before a review panel every Sunday afternoon so that the church can judge how well behaved they are. Further, the pastor should only be allowed to preach from John 3:16 and 1 Corinthians 13.

Amen.

[Jehoram]

Originally Posted by Pragmatist

If the church is happy to, more power to them. I personally would spread my funds out to many ministries.

Praise you!

[Rico]

Originally Posted by Pragmatist

If the church is happy to, more power to them. I personally would spread my funds out to many ministries.

To be honest, if I was paying an $8 million tithe I doubt I would give it all to just one church. Think of all the small struggling churches that could use their mortgage payments taken care of for a year. Or other ministries that could use some funding, like maybe starting a few clothes closets or food programs. That's where I think church money should be going anyway, instead of building gyms and bigger and bigger churches.

[Jehoram]

Originally Posted by Rico

To be honest, if I was paying an $8 million tithe I doubt I would give it all to just one church. Think of all the small struggling churches that could use their mortgage payments taken care of for a year. Or other ministries that could use some funding, like maybe starting a few clothes closets or food programs. That's where I think church money should be going anyway, instead of building gyms and bigger and bigger churches.

I thought we had decided that small churches are small because God did not love them? Oh, and because their pastors were losers and all the normal AFF junk. Why give to a small church?

[Pragmatist]

Originally Posted by Alter Ego

I thought we had decided that small churches are small because God did not love them? Oh, and because their pastors were losers and all the normal AFF junk. Why give to a small church?

A few on here don't care for small churches, but that's not the majority opinion by a long shot.

[Rico]

Originally Posted by Alter Ego

I thought we had decided that small churches are small because God did not love them? Oh, and because their pastors were losers and all the normal AFF junk. Why give to a small church?

Why not give to a smaller church? Does it have to be so big to deserve getting any money?

[Jehoram]

Originally Posted by Rico

Why not give to a smaller church? Does it have to be so big to deserve getting any money?

Yes. I mean don't you measure the favor of God by how big a church is? God must not love those churches who only have a hundred or less. Why give to something that is not prosperous?

Gimme a break, AE...

[Pressing-On]

Luke 10:7 " And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire."

ergatēs
er-gat'-ace
From G2041; a toiler; figuratively a teacher: - labourer, worker (-men).

[Sister Alvear]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Luke 10:7 " And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire."

ergatēs
er-gat'-ace
From G2041; a toiler; figuratively a teacher: - labourer, worker (-men).

What about women? ha...