5 Leadership Questions: A Leadership Podcast Featuring Interviews With Carey Nieuwhof, Craig Groeschel, Matt Chandler, Jen Wi

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Chandler Vannoy are joined by Scott McConnell, Executive Director of Lifeway Research. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions: Why do churches need to pay their staff? How much of a church's budget should go toward staff?What is the average salary of a pastor in America?What are some common mistakes churches make when it comes to compensation?What are some trends we are seeing in research when it comes to church staff and salaries? BEST QUOTES "The number one expense at most churches is people, followed quickly by facility costs.""The median we are seeing in the studies we have done is 47% of the budget spent on salaries.""Even if you are just giving a cost of living increase to keep up with inflation, you can quickly get out of whack and most churches start cutting ministries.""Ministry is never going to have less people if you do it right.""Every person is a member of the body and should be engaged in th