My heart goes out to struggling Church of God pastors. I have been there and know the sacrifice they pay to the work of the church. I know the bitterness that evolves from years of toiling. I know the struggle of scraping up a retirement plan that is borderline poverty. The majority of COG pastors who have faithfully preached and pastored are living in poverty. I don’t know the statistics but I believe it would be staggering to know the percentages of struggling pastoral salaries.
In defense of myself I know that my failed financial status was due to my failures which were many and it could have been avoided. It wasn’t the fault of the congregations I pastored. It was the leadership I provided and much of that was faulty. I am not the exception but the general rule of COG ministers.
How do you think this breaks down statistically?
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don’t allow for secondary work as pastor’s income only his church salary.
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At the church that I am going too now, the pastor has spent less than 5 minutes per year talking about money. The church only survives because most of the members are old and have been giving for many years. Still now living on retirement incomes their giving is down and the young are not being trained to fill in the gap. So the pastor and other leaders should keep the congregation well informed has to how much income and where the money is going, I realize that there are some problems with this but they can be overcome and long term is the best way to train up a church in the way it should go.
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Think this would apply to pastors of ALL denominations and not strictly the Church of God.
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What’s wrong with a pastor working a secular job
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