Clergy Salaries: How Much is Enough?

Contents

IN FOCUS: Salary Anxiety
Alban Institute field consultant Dan Hotchkiss proposes several reasons why salaries are such a touchy topic

How Church Polity Affects Pastoral Salaries
The associate director for the Pulpit & Pew research project, Becky R. McMillan, reveals striking differences between congregational and connectional polities

Look Who’s Having a Baby! Pastor Andrew B. Warner makes the case for comprehensive and uniform parental leave policies

Why We Need Compensation Conversations
Pastor Lawrence Wohlrabe tells us why—and how—to talk about compensation

FEATURES

The Failure to Form Basic Partnership
Pastor Howard E. Friend explains that the lack of initial trust-building is at the heart of many new pastorates’ demise

Church Public Relations 101
PR consultant Dan Cox offers practical suggestions for getting the word out about your congregation

COLUMNS

THE LEADING EDGE
Alban Institute president James P. Wind reminds us of the benefits of “a special kind of knowing”

ASK ALBAN
Alban Institute field consultant Patricia Hayes extols the benefits of an interim pastorate

DEPARTMENTS

FIRST CLASS MAIL

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ADDITIONAL ARTICLES

Elements of an Approach to Conducting Compensation Conversations