The chair of a local church mission committee asked, “How much should we pay our missionaries? Do you have any data that might help us?” These questions are being raised by an increasing number of congregations who are providing direct financial support for the missionaries they select and send, independent of a mission agency. This trend is problematic because local churches often have no set policies or standard practices regarding the important financial issues necessary for determining a reasonable compensation package for their missionaries. Mission agencies are also wondering how effectively they are providing for their missionaries because, due to limited communication and collaboration, they often silo their expertise and unwittingly cloak their compensation practices in secrecy, not knowing how they compare with other agencies. Leaders in both of these groups need hard data to help them exercise good stewardship of both the financial and human resources entrusted to them. That is why Missions Consulting International was asked to conduct a study of the compensation practices of respected evangelical mission agencies. Check out Bob Waldrons excellent article, How Much is Adequate? In Search of Equitable Missionary Compensation in the current issues of EMQ emqonline
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:44:33 +0000
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