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Wednesday, 20 August 2008 |
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Churches Pay the Average Senior Pastor More Than $80,000 Per Year CAROL STREAM, Ill., Aug. 19 /Christian Newswire/ -- A recent national survey of pastors and church staff shows the compensation and benefits paid to the average Senior Pastor has risen to $81,113 per year, with the highest 25% of Senior Pastors making more than $97,000 each year. This annual survey, conducted and compiled by the Your Church Media Group at Christianity Today International, is based on a staff member's total compensation package, including: salary, housing allowance/parsonage, retirement, life insurance, health insurance, disability insurance and continuing education allowances.
The survey also showed significantly increased benefits across all staff categories and denominations for those with an advanced education. The difference in compensation between pastors (Senior, Solo, Associate and Children's) holding a Doctorate is $14,000-$24,000 more per year compared to those with a Bachelor's degree in similar positions and up to $30,000 more per year than pastors without any post-secondary education.
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Friday, 15 August 2008 |
What Causes Churches to Grow or Decline?
Written by Dan Garland
The American Church Research Project evaluated the following ten external factors to see what causes churches to grow or decline:
1. Median income of the zip code of the church.
2. Median age of the zip code of the church.
3. Average household size of the zip code of the church
4. Average educational attainment of the zip code of the church
5. Location of the church – rural, small town, large town, suburban, or urban.
6. Average percentage of households with children under 18 in the zip code of the church.
7. Average percentage of poor households in the zip code of the church.
8. Average percentage of residents who were “white alone” in the zip code of the church.
9. Year the church was founded.
10. Population growth from 1990 – 2000 of the zip code of the church.
The surprising finding of this study is that only one of the nine external demographic factors correlated with the growth or decline of established congregations (the change in the population of its zip code). This suggests that most of the reasons for growth or decline are internal factors. Source: The American Church in Crisis, by David Olson, pages 131-134
Olson’s conclusion correlates with the research findings of Essential Church? Reclaiming a Generation of Dropouts, by Dr. Thom Rainer and Sam Rainecr. The main question addressed in Essential Church is, "Why do so many young adults (18 to 22) leave the church, and what will it take to bring them back?"
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