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I'm guessing you won't list names because you can't. And there's no debate if there are no churches paying preachers million dollar salaries.
I know there are preachers who make a LOT of money from book sales, etc (Joel Osteen comes to mind). But I seriously doubt there are any that make anywhere near $1 million per year, in salary, from a church.
I think it's also relevant to note that a $50,000 per year salary will go a long ways for a guy living in a rural area, but it's not much for a guy living in an expensive urban area.
I will not list names. I didn't ask you to believe me. I ask how would you feel about a preacher who receives a million dollar salary. Rather it's true or not it's interesting to see what people think about it.
I will not list names. I didn't ask you to believe me. I ask how would you feel about a preacher who receives a million dollar salary. Rather it's true or not it's interesting to see what people think about it.
Oh, okay. It's purely hypothetical.
Well, first of all, I'll say that I really don't believe that there are preachers making a million a year from the church they pastor. I could be wrong, but...
Second, I'd say it's pretty much whatever a church decides to pay the preacher. I guess it's their business.
I doubt, though, that I'd be very interested in being a part of that kind of church.
You're showing your age if you think a million dollars is a lot of money. Ten dollars an hour, 40 hours a week, from age 18 to 65, is a million dollars. WalMart greeter wages.
I worked 41 years for Union Carbide Corporation. I hired at about $65 a week in 1952. My first union job paid about $125 a week afterI topped in the grade. My last twenty five years I was the section supervisor in one of the largest mainframe computing centers in the country. My annual salary was $44,500 when I retired in 1993.
In 2007 the median income for single earner families by state ranged from $31,000 in Mississippi to $55,000 in New Jersey. Considering that folks have to live from their income I think maybe a million dollars is still a lot of money.
Last edited by Melvin.George; 10-05-2009 at 10:42 AM..
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I think more people should read the novel "Elmer Gantry." Even though it's from 1927, it was very prescient when it came to predicting the rise of modern megachurches and "super-preachers."
Truth is, any high-money environment will attract con-men, rascals, scoundrels, and opportunists. And history shows that some of them will succeed.
Pat Robertson, a TV minister, has his wealth is so well hidden it is hard to count, but reliable resources estimate that he is worth somewhere between 200 million and a billion dollars. If this guy is God's man we need a new God.
I guess that depends on what the church wants to pay him realloy. Should the governamnt make someone who guess six numbers a millionaire is just about the same type question.
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