I admire those Pastors that live in the community that their church is based. I admire those pastors that take a wage that is similar to those who are low paid in that community. There is something so real about their faith when they are willing to live as those living on the "bread line."
When we look at those in the Bible we see that they lived a hand to mouth existence but now when we look at many pastors we see that they are not living in the community that their church is in and they are not living a hand to mouth existence.
If we look around the world and look at the successful pastors we can see that they drive nice cars and live in nice houses which are furnished nicely. They are protected by their wealth and enjoy the best of everything.
How do we think this looks to the many that have nothing?
How do we think this looks to the many who struggle to put food on their table?
How do we think this looks to the single parent?(through no fault of their own)
How do we think this looks to the drug user seeking away out of their misery?
I believe a pastor must always live by example but I can guarantee you the majority of pastors will come up with a reason why its acceptable to live as they now do.
Can a pastor really preach about poverty when they have no idea what it is like?
I am not saying we need to be a drug user or begger or single parent to understand how that feels but to be respected in the community that we serve we need to show that we are willing to live as they do when it comes to money.
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