You guys may not want to know how much a pastor make ..
Most pastors/rev .. they work in whatever field for many year, before becoming pastor .. as they need to save money for living first ..
Few of my friends, they are pastors now .. thx God .. their wivies have good income job to suport ..
Few of them are (were) engineers .. and now, they make .. ~ 1/5 to 1/4 money ... many were doctors before ..
One of my friend in Toronto .. he just decided back to an engineer now, and as part time pastor .. so he can save money for few more years, + feeding his kids, then he can be full time pastor again ..
Yes .. most pastors "were" quite rich .. as they work very hard in whatever professional .. save money .. then become pastor ..
To be fair .. some pastors/Rev .. they are bad, may steal money from donation, cheating .. etc .. I know some LYK will mention that .. but i am not going to start another fire between ANTI CHRIST vs CHRISTIAN or whatever ..
Even for non christian .. I guess should respect different job field ...
Side topic .. my buddy .. his father is one famous "wind water" guy here ... making very good money .. but according to my buddy .. his father is just "Q up" all the time .. but because of that, his father can feed all of them, and make good money .. when people trust him, and pay him a lots of money for it .. why not? but my buddy always say his father is cheating ..
What do you want to say? Of course, no matter Christians or non-Christians, people should respect different job fields. However, I only see temple priests respect Christians pastors/reverends but don't see the other way round. So?
BTW, are there jobs a Christian shouldn't do? (may need to open a new thread for this)