The Seventh Day Adventist denomination was founded in 1863 as a result of the Millerite movement in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century.The practice of Saturday worship gave the denomination (established in 1863) a new name, the Seventh-day Adventist Church
“What do pastors get paid for?” we frequently hear from church members. In other words, what does a pastor do to earn the right to be paid in the same way that an average worker is paid?
According to Seventh Day Adventist Church official website, their pastors are paid for the following reasons;
- The suffering and pain they go through with each church member as they sympathise with them in times of sorrow and adversity.
- For comforting the downtrodden, the weak and the outcast.
- For directing and setting the plan for the church.
- For their counselling service and advice to those in trouble and those who need a sense of direction.
- For building up marriages and families in the church.
- For conducting and solemnising marriages.
- To say the last prayers with someone on their deathbed.
- For conducting funeral services and providing moral and spiritual comfort to the relatives and families of the deceased.
- For helping, praying and guiding young people in the church.
- For trying to find solutions in a divided church.
- For influencing the church and the society for good.
- For teaching, advising and correcting people in the way of the Lord.
- For every comforting sermon to the members.
- For every sharp-pointed sermon to convince and convict people of their sins, which some don’t like to hear.
- For visitation, even to those who don’t like to be visited.
- For walking and travelling a lot, and working odd hours.
- For the extra activities they perform to build rapport and bridges in the village and the community.
- For their prayers on behalf of others, the society and the nations.
- For neglecting their own families while supporting the families of others.
- Sometimes being alienated from their immediate relatives, villages and communities for the sake of the truth they profess and the call they undertook.
- For any future lonely and challenging circumstances they will sometimes go through when they retire from active ministry, especially if they don’t have any savings for retirement or any backup plan.
- All the criticism they receive from those who disagree or dislike them.
- Being character references in an application form, even for those who don’t normally attend church or engage in church activities.
- For organising aid and relief work in times of disasters and adversities.
- Their personal Bible study and intercessory prayers for others.
- For conducting evangelism and helping someone find salvation in Jesus.
- For being persecuted for the truth they proclaim.
- For helping Jesus in this great controversy and fight against Satan.
- For being satisfied and trusting the promises that “Jesus will supply all my needs” .
Adventist pastor salaries in the United States range from $10,193 to $270,938, with a median pay of $48,889. The median salary for Adventist pastors is $48,890, with the top 86 percent earning $270,938.
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