Megachurch Pastor Salaries: Quarter-Million-Dollar Paychecks, Underpaid Staff, and Interns Who Pay to Work
From The Skeptic Pastor Podcast · 00:34:08
Show by Jeremy Steele
Some megachurch pastors are clearing more than $250,000 a year before the tax-free housing allowance kicks in. Meanwhile, the children's director makes a fraction of that, the administrative assistant barely cracks $42,000, and the intern may be working fifty hours a week for nothing while raising money for the privilege of being there. I worked in a megachurch where the pastor's salary was published and everyone could know it. So let's kill the excuse that transparency is impossible. Other churches choose secrecy, protect top salaries with insider boards and compensation studies, and preach sacrifice to everyone below them. This is the megachurch pay ladder, from the man onstage to the people paying to serve for free. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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