That would explain why I've never leased anything to them.Spiritual teaching should be free from payment. Buddhist monks is a good example. They are not allowed to earn money, or use Money
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That would explain why I've never leased anything to them.Spiritual teaching should be free from payment. Buddhist monks is a good example. They are not allowed to earn money, or use Money
I personally don't have any skin in the game, but I do note that if you only have unpaid pastors, then all your pastors will either be:Pastors in the past did not always get paid and they're maybe a few today who don't either.
My newphew Jose was raised up as baptist and then community churches by my sister, the other still go to church.
I asked him why he quit. He says Aunt Elizabeth most the Communirty church i was going to paid their Pastor makes about 350 thousand a year and most of the pastors in Mesquite Tx make about 2 to 300 thousand a year. i don't believe Pastor should get rich on from teaching the word of God.
I'm just wondering could this be one reason why some of the membership at the Christian church has gone down because some people are tired of Pastors getting rich off the church?
Zen buddhist ? They have some other rules ås monastic. Theravada monks can not have moneyApparently not universally, since my ex-brother-in-law was both a Buddhist monk and a stockbroker.
Not sure about Theravada, but in some monasteries, it's the individuals that can't own, whereas the collective group can. Sometimes that is a society collectively owned by non-monastics, and they just let monastics stay there. In other cases it's the collective.Zen buddhist ? They have some other rules ås monastic. Theravada monks can not have money
Pastors in the past did not always get paid and they're maybe a few today who don't either.
My newphew Jose was raised up as baptist and then community churches by my sister, the other still go to church.
I asked him why he quit. He says Aunt Elizabeth most the Communirty church i was going to paid their Pastor makes about 350 thousand a year and most of the pastors in Mesquite Tx make about 2 to 300 thousand a year. i don't believe Pastor should get rich on from teaching the word of God.
I'm just wondering could this be one reason why some of the membership at the Christian church has gone down because some people are tired of Pastors getting rich off the church?
Pastors in the past did not always get paid and they're maybe a few today who don't either...
Dude, that's literally double what Catholic and Orthodox priests get paid. Of the 3 Orthodox priests whose churches I regularly go to, one of them works a 9-5 job in addition to being a priest, another one just retired from his day job because he's in his late 60's, and the third priest has a wife who works as a nurse (and is therefore probably making waaaaayyyy more money than he is).I think monistic settings are somewhat okay where one receives get room and board.
My view in general is why should a person get paid for something that essentially wasn't theirs to sell to begin with?
There's absolutely no doubt that Christianity is a full blown cottage industry and for a number of 'clergy' a quite lucrative one at that.
When you look at the average base Pastor salary ranging from 78,000 yr/ $1500.00 wk to 100,000 yr / $1923.00 wk . Not a bad haul if you ask me.
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Of course then you start getting into the evangelist realm.......
I do not know to much about how monatics gain the land and temple except for that it i lay buddhists who collect money and send it to the person in charge, and often this is a person who are between lay buddhist and monk, called Anagarika, those persons can handle the money since they are not ordainedNot sure about Theravada, but in some monasteries, it's the individuals that can't own, whereas the collective group can. Sometimes that is a society collectively owned by non-monastics, and they just let monastics stay there. In other cases it's the collective.
If they are wandering mendicants, that's a different story. But within a monastery, somebody has to own it. There is a land title somewhere.
Pastors in the past did not always get paid and they're maybe a few today who don't either.
My newphew Jose was raised up as baptist and then community churches by my sister, the other still go to church.
I asked him why he quit. He says Aunt Elizabeth most the Communirty church i was going to paid their Pastor makes about 350 thousand a year and most of the pastors in Mesquite Tx make about 2 to 300 thousand a year. i don't believe Pastor should get rich on from teaching the word of God.
I'm just wondering could this be one reason why some of the membership at the Christian church has gone down because some people are tired of Pastors getting rich off the church?
Cynicism is fine.I'm more cynical about this than you can even imagine. Just let it go.
That makes sense.I do not know to much about how monatics gain the land and temple except for that it i lay buddhists who collect money and send it to the person in charge, and often this is a person who are between lay buddhist and monk, called Anagarika, those persons can handle the money since they are not ordained
Pastors in the past did not always get paid and they're maybe a few today who don't either.
My newphew Jose was raised up as baptist and then community churches by my sister, the other still go to church.
I asked him why he quit. He says Aunt Elizabeth most the Communirty church i was going to paid their Pastor makes about 350 thousand a year and most of the pastors in Mesquite Tx make about 2 to 300 thousand a year. i don't believe Pastor should get rich on from teaching the word of God.
I'm just wondering could this be one reason why some of the membership at the Christian church has gone down because some people are tired of Pastors getting rich off the church?
Those who pay are volunteers.Pastors in the past did not always get paid and they're maybe a few today who don't either.
My newphew Jose was raised up as baptist and then community churches by my sister, the other still go to church.
I asked him why he quit. He says Aunt Elizabeth most the Communirty church i was going to paid their Pastor makes about 350 thousand a year and most of the pastors in Mesquite Tx make about 2 to 300 thousand a year. i don't believe Pastor should get rich on from teaching the word of God.
I'm just wondering could this be one reason why some of the membership at the Christian church has gone down because some people are tired of Pastors getting rich off the church?
They aren't being paid just for their beliefs though, and they do far more than just preach from the pulpit for an hour or two on Sundays. It's not unusual to find one who is also licensed to practice mental health counseling. They plan events, write sermons, counsel people, act as a rock to those with no one else, and a list of other things they do. I've found people are consistently stunned when they learn all the things a priest/pastor actually does beyond giving a Sunday sermon.New It's pretty weird that people get paid for their belief. Makes you wonder why lay people don't get a stipend then.
Yup. Even some Buddhist temples were basically centers of lucrative commerce.Apparently not universally, since my ex-brother-in-law was both a Buddhist monk and a stockbroker.
Pastors /Preachers whatever you want to call them, shouldn't get paid by the church. They should have day jobs/careers that support them. And that career should be completely separate from the church. Then Preach/Teach on a voluntary status. This is the way it should be.
Deut 25:4 Thou shalt not muzzle the Ox as it treads the grain.
It includes a decent salary, but not private planes. Only the lazy have paid Pastors. One should study and know scripture themselves.