Category: Paid Ministry
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Continuing LDS Criticism of Other Churches: Greedy Ministers and Lazy Congregants
“Good morning, sir!” Lucifer greeted the minister, “If you will preach your orthodox religion to these people, and convert them, I will pay you well.” The minister was happy to comply, but when he later understood that his employer was the devil, he grew concerned about the arrangement. He fretted, “If I leave his employ,…
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Should Pastors Be Paid?
Some people may wonder if Christian pastors should get paid. The answer is clearly given in the Bible. There are several passages that speak specifically to this topic. First Timothy 5:17-18 says, The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching. For Scripture says,…
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Mormon Business: Paying the Church’s Unpaid Clergy
Last week MormonLeaks (formerly MormonWikiLeaks) posted documents related to the salaries the LDS Church pays its full-time top leaders. These documents include several bi-weekly paystubs for LDS apostle Henry B. Eyring (dating to the year 2000), as well as a 2014 notice to LDS Seventy Bruce Porter confirming that he, along with all the Church’s…
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Equal Pay for LDS Bishops!
One of my neighbors is an LDS bishop. I have not talked to him about the topic at hand, but I have an inkling of how much time and effort he must devote to his local congregation of about 200 people. I know that he gets plenty of respect from the local community—most of our…
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Paid Ministry (Defined)
Paid Ministry. The criticism Mormons have toward any local religious leader or pastor to receive a salary for their labors. According to Apostle Franklin Richards, “One of the important and distinguishing features of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is that its affairs are administered by the lay members of the Church rather…
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Unpaid Mormon Leaders Get a Pretty Sweet Deal
Late last year (2012) a copy of the 2006 Mission President’s Handbook was posted on an individual’s blog site. This document, produced by the Mormon Church as a practical instruction manual for mission presidents, “contains basic policies and guidelines established by the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles to help you lead…
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What Does “Unpaid Ministry” Look Like? A Look at the Compensation of Mission Presidents
One of the criticisms many Mormons have about Evangelical Christian churches is their perception of a “paid” clergy. However, Bible and even the D&C are very specific that leaders, such as bishops, ought to be paid. However, an LDS Mission President’s Handbook was released on the Internet by a private individual. In this current handbook,…
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Mormonism’s Paid Ministry
I can’t begin to number all of the times the argument of a “paid ministry” has been used by the zealous Latter-day Saint to “prove” his church as true. Many feel that a compensated ministry is proof that an apostasy exists among many of the Bible-believing denominations. It seems that, while many Latter-day Saints believe…