If direct costing will take the largest portion of a churches available resources won that make it not very conducive for increasing the pastors compensation?
A – A church that experiences a large increase will no doubt find themselves in a very stressful situation. Methodist people are a mission minded people. Outreach ministries add value and making choices will offer the local church the opportunity to choose what ministries and missions make a spiritual difference for them. The funding paradigm is not just a new way to structure the Conference budget. In situations where a church can’t fund all the askings this new method of funding will give the church the benefit of choosing to support the items that will benefit them the most. Choice Empowerment empowers the local church to decide which ministries offer them value.Go To Top 35Q – As a lay person many in our church members and neighbors have pension plans that are going away altogether or that we as employees are being asked to help fund. Has there been consideration for having the ministers to contribute part of the cost of their pension? A – The clergy can contribute to a personal 40
