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If all clergymen were to become unpaid, do you think the vocation would be less attractive?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Matthew 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither
do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly
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Doesn't quite seem to work like that these days.
Actually, one or two friends of mine are priests, and it's not a bad job. Free accommodation, some utilities paid for, and if they're smart they get churchwardens and lay people to help out with the work.
do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly
Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Doesn't quite seem to work like that these days.
Actually, one or two friends of mine are priests, and it's not a bad job. Free accommodation, some utilities paid for, and if they're smart they get churchwardens and lay people to help out with the work.
A number are.
Our local one isn't paid they are NSMs Non Stipendary Ministers
12 years ago there were 2000 of them compared to 9000 paid
http://trushare.com/46MAR99/mr99nsms.htm
don't know about now
Our local one isn't paid they are NSMs Non Stipendary Ministers
12 years ago there were 2000 of them compared to 9000 paid
http://trushare.com/46MAR99/mr99nsms.htm
don't know about now
Ankou - “... average vicar gets about 30k a year. given that it is generally a 365/24/7...”
That's not a bad salary when, as Naomi pointed out, they throw your accommodation in for free. Given that a person's mortgage is typically their single largest expense, a free house is quite something. Also, they're hardly an emergency service. They're not on call 24/7 as you say.
As jobs go, it's pretty easy and straightforward. The only real 'difficult' aspect of the job is dealing with the emotional impact of people's lives. If you can do that and shrug it off, the job's a piece of the proverbial.
That's not a bad salary when, as Naomi pointed out, they throw your accommodation in for free. Given that a person's mortgage is typically their single largest expense, a free house is quite something. Also, they're hardly an emergency service. They're not on call 24/7 as you say.
As jobs go, it's pretty easy and straightforward. The only real 'difficult' aspect of the job is dealing with the emotional impact of people's lives. If you can do that and shrug it off, the job's a piece of the proverbial.
When Jesus said that ‘the workers are worthy of their wages,’ he was not talking about salaries for these teachers of this good news. (Luke 10:7) He said that they would receive their necessities. To such ones he also said: “You received free, give free.” (Matthew 10:8) What will be their reward? Ah, exactly what Jesus, the greatest man who ever lived, promised—eternal life in a cleansed, paradise earth. Salaries in the millions of millions cannot equal that!